Questions About Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain

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I'm a bit torn about this book. I love reading psychology, but too much research bogs me down. I'm not a psychologist or have professional training in it whatsoever, I just read for the pleasure of knowing how my mind works. Is this book very boring for a layperson to get through? And overflowing with long winding research?

Justin Yes and no. I would suggest skipping whatever seems boring or overly technical without guilt, and focusing on the amazing case studies and anecdotes. …moreYes and no. I would suggest skipping whatever seems boring or overly technical without guilt, and focusing on the amazing case studies and anecdotes. Eventually the brain science will become clear. If you feel too bored, move on until you find something interesting (very probable given the book).(less)

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Is he claiming to be the discoverer of this error, or does he give any credit to predecessors? (If he doesn't do the latter he is clearly plagiarising. It is for instance covered in much better detail and with more philosophical authority by Maurice Merleau-Ponty in the phenomenology of perception. It is not a new insight to philosophy, maybe it is to science...)

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