The Book Prize Index

Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

Antonio R. Damasio

A great scientist presents a radical new conception of how our minds work, arguing that rational decisions are not the product of logic alone, but require the support of emotion and feeling.

ScienceScience · medium confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceGoogle Books: Medical -> Medicine & Public HealthKeyword Classifier: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsMental Health & PsychologyMedicine, Health & the BodyScience & Discovery

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyMajor1995FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Rational decisions are not produced by logic alone; they require the support of emotion and feeling for how our minds work.

    Model confidence 60%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    32 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 55%.