{"product_id":"natural-intelligence-the-logic-antonio-damasio-9798217207497","title":"Natural Intelligence \u0026 the Logic of Consciousness","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the world's foremost neuroscientists and acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDescartes' Error \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a bold new theory of the origins--and consequences--of human consciousness\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout his illustrious decades-long career, Antonio Damasio has been at the leading edge of science's enduring quest to unravel the mysteries of the human mind. Now, drawing on a lifetime of groundbreaking research as well as the newest findings of neurobiology, Damasio seeks to move the conversation about the origins of consciousness from the world of high-level cognition and abstract reasoning into the wondrous realm of interoception--the human body's own internal monitoring system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the heart of his argument is the revolutionary idea that homeostatic feelings--those primal sensations intrinsically tied to our survival such as hunger, thirst, and pain--are the foundation of conscious experience, not only central to the body's effort to maintain its physical well-being but carrying with them the initial glimmers of subjectivity, the very first sense of a \"self.\" Here Damasio redefines consciousness as a natural solution to the problem of regulation in complex, vulnerable organisms and along the way wrestles with the notion of sentience in plants and bacteria; considers the social phenomena of politics, religion, and commerce through the perspective of homeostasis; and addresses the rise and risks of artificial intelligence and its mimicry of the conscious mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA probing synthesis of neurobiology, evolutionary science, and philosophy from one of the most notable leaders in his field, \u003ci\u003eNatural Intelligence \u0026amp; the Logic of Consciousness\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers a scientifically rigorous and deeply profound re-examination of what it means to be alive and aware.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Damasio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217207497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Antonio Damasio","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086352920831,"sku":"9798217207497","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c94fd06-909b-4773-953c-5e81656532f8.jpg?v=1769094205","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/natural-intelligence-the-logic-antonio-damasio-9798217207497","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}