Looking For Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain - by Antonio Damasio http://booktalk.yuku.com/forums/41 Book #12: Jan. & Feb. 2004 - Visit the new forum for Looking For Spinoza - Looking for Spinoza by Antonio Damasio on Amazon.com ]]> en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:58:44 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://booktalk.yuku.com/forums/41 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Join our online reading group at www.booktalk.org ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3919/t/Join-our-online-reading-group-at-www-booktalk-org.html www.booktalk.org!

If you are a past BookTalk.org member wishing to access your old ezboard account on our new book discussion forums please send me an email at chris AT booktalk DOT org. Tell me your ezboard name and the email address you would like used with your new account and I will email you a new password. Once you have your new password you should go to feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3919 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:49:15 GMT <![CDATA[ Rate this book! ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3920/t/Rate-this-book-.html feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3920 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 04:44:56 GMT <![CDATA[ Already said and done. ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3922/t/Already-said-and-done-.html I read this book when it came right off the press and was the first to post my thoughts about it on Amazon.com.(see below)




The style of this book is along the lines of Descartes Error and The Feeling of What Happens. The first halve of the book is mildly technical, but once you get over that hump there won't be any further difficulty to the direction that Mr. Damasio leads you. There is a plenitude of insights within for your brain to feed upon. (At least I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StarlightCode) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3922 Wed, 04 May 2005 17:14:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Damasio in May 2004 Discover Magazine ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3925/t/Damasio-in-May-2004-Discover-Magazine.html feeds@yuku.com (ginof) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3925 Sun, 18 Apr 2004 10:06:18 GMT <![CDATA[ Who would attend a chat with Damasio? ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3923/t/Who-would-attend-a-chat-with-Damasio-.html
Would you attend the chat session with Damasio? Assume it will be at 6:00pm EST on a Thursday...sometime in the next few weeks to a month.

If you aren't interested in attending skip the poll.
"The man who does not read good... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3923 Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:31:03 GMT <![CDATA[ Where Damasio gets it right ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3927/t/Where-Damasio-gets-it-right.html
His attempt to deal with feelings and emotion is to be applauded (although I disagree with his interpretation - see my "where Damasio... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PeterDF) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3927 Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:14:10 GMT <![CDATA[ Where Damasio gets it wrong ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3926/t/Where-Damasio-gets-it-wrong.html : -->>:

Let's be clear about what we know to be true:
1) We evolved alongside other animals.
2) Other animals - especially those most closely related to us - behave in ways very much like we do.
3) In various social situations social animals display appropriate emotional... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PeterDF) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3926 Sat, 27 Mar 2004 21:07:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Antonio Damasio has canceled the chat session ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3929/t/Antonio-Damasio-has-canceled-the-chat-session.html
Chris feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3929 Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:42:58 GMT <![CDATA[ Human Progress ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3933/t/Human-Progress.html
Quote:

In a sudden turn of events, of the sort that define this politically volatile era, De Witt and his brother were assassinated by a mob, on the false suspicion that they... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ecstian) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3933 Sat, 06 Mar 2004 18:45:05 GMT <![CDATA[ Will you be attending the Damasio chat? ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3930/t/Will-you-be-attending-the-Damasio-chat-.html 6:00pm eastern in our other chat room. By other I mean NOT the EZBoard chat room we use for our weekly Thursday night and Sunday morning chats. Click on the feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3930 Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:02:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Animal testing... ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3938/t/Animal-testing-.html
While I understand the importance of brain science and research, it still bothers me tremendously to think that throughout our University system there are thousands of caged animals being tortured to death. Anyone have any... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3938 Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:37:58 GMT <![CDATA[ origins of feelings ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3937/t/origins-of-feelings.html feeds@yuku.com (tarav) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3937 Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:38:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Why are feelings always hidden? ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3941/t/Why-are-feelings-always-hidden-.html
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...emotions are actions or movements, many of them public, visible to others as they occur in the face, in the voice, in specific behaviors. To be sure, some components of the emotion process are not visible to the naked eye but can be made "visible" with the current scientific probes such as hormonal assays and electrophysiological wave patterns. Feelings, on the other hand are always hidden, like all mental... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ecstian) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3941 Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:44:29 GMT <![CDATA[ Feelings And Other Living Organisms ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3928/t/Feelings-And-Other-Living-Organisms.html
feeds@yuku.com (ecstian) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3928 Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:33:37 GMT <![CDATA[ Reason-Induced Emotion ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3940/t/Reason-Induced-Emotion.html
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Spinoza recommended that we fight a negative emotion with an even stronger but positive emotion brought about by reasoning and intellectual effort. Central to his thinking was the notion that the subduing of the passions should be accomplished by reason-induced emotion and not by pure reason alone. This is by no means easy to achieve, but Spinoza saw little merit in anything easy. (pg.12)
feeds@yuku.com (ecstian) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3940 Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:07:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Live chat with Dr. Damasio! ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3935/t/Live-chat-with-Dr-Damasio-.html Dr. Antonio Damasio has accepted our invitation to a live chat session to discuss "Looking for Spinoza."

As of right now the chat will be on Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 6:00pm eastern. If anything changes I will announce it on our feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3935 Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:06:30 GMT <![CDATA[ Audio intreview with Damasio ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3921/t/Audio-intreview-with-Damasio.html
www.infidelguy.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=506&ttitle=Looking_For_Spinoza

P.S. I think you have to login to infidelguy.com to get to that page and/or hear the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kostya) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3921 Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:16:13 GMT <![CDATA[ How many people are reading this book? ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3931/t/How-many-people-are-reading-this-book-.html
Are you reading this book?
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them"-- Mark Twain
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3931 Tue, 13 Jan 2004 21:55:54 GMT <![CDATA[ emotions before feelings ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3936/t/emotions-before-feelings.html In chapter 2, Damasio discusses a patient with parkinsonian symptoms. As part of her treatment doctors were stimulating her brain stem with electrical current. When doctors stimulated a certain area the patient began to suddenly and unexpectedly cry. Then, she reported a feeling of sadness.
In chapter 3,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (tarav) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3936 Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:12:24 GMT <![CDATA[ Chapter 2: Of Appetites and Emotions ]]> http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3943/t/Chapter-2-Of-Appetites-and-Emotions.html emotions and feelings. Here is the paragraph that made it click for me.

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It is legitimate to ask at this point why emotions precede feelings. My answer is simple: We have... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris OConnor) http://booktalk.yuku.com/topic/3943 Fri, 09 Jan 2004 19:19:15 GMT