The Emotional Influence on Human Decision-making : On Damasio's Somatic Marker Hypothesis
(2004)Department of Philosophy
- Abstract
- According to Damasio, emotions are essential for the decision-making process in the personal and social domain. This idea supports Damasio's ?somatic marker hypothesis?. The hypothesis is about how emotions function to guide human decision-making processes. According to Damasio the action of emotions may be an indispensable foundation for rationality and decision-making is rational.
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- author
- Levinsson, Henrik
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2004
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Damasio, Emotions, somatic marker, Philosophical anthropology, Filosofisk antropologi
- language
- English
- id
- 1332722
- date added to LUP
- 2004-01-06 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2007-12-11 00:00:00
@misc{1332722, abstract = {{According to Damasio, emotions are essential for the decision-making process in the personal and social domain. This idea supports Damasio's ?somatic marker hypothesis?. The hypothesis is about how emotions function to guide human decision-making processes. According to Damasio the action of emotions may be an indispensable foundation for rationality and decision-making is rational.}}, author = {{Levinsson, Henrik}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{The Emotional Influence on Human Decision-making : On Damasio's Somatic Marker Hypothesis}}, year = {{2004}}, }