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Descartes' Error: Antonio Damasio's Somatic Marker Hypothesis

Then & Now: Philosophy, History & Politics

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Neuroscientist Antonio DiMazio argues that thinking rationally requires emotion. He outlines what he calls the somatic marker hypothesis. And in short, he says our rational decisions derive as much from our bodies as from our minds.

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