Antonio Damasio
b. 1944
“Somatic markers — feeling as the substrate of reason, not its opposite.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- CECommunal Embeddedness9 / 10
- TETrust in Experience8 / 10
- RTReverence for Tradition7 / 10
- POPractical Orientation7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Mogobe RamoseHEARTH
African Philosophy through Ubuntu — wholeness as relational ontology.
- Sobonfu SoméHEARTH
West African Dagara teacher — grief rituals, intimacy of community.
- John MbitiHEARTH
African Religions and Philosophy — "I am because we are."
- Eduardo KohnHEARTH
How Forests Think — semiosis beyond the human in the forest's logic.
- Philippe DescolaHEARTH
Beyond Nature and Culture — four ontologies organizing how peoples live.
- Linda Tuhiwai SmithHEARTH
Decolonizing Methodologies — research from the position of the researched.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Antonio Damasio's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
- The Examen →
Five-step Ignatian end-of-day review — what was given, what was missed, what to take into tomorrow.
- Switch sides →
Argue both sides of a debate, alternating, until you no longer know which side you started on.
- Anticipating objections →
For every position, list the three strongest objections — then answer them.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Antonio Damasio or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREAntonio Damasio vs Mogobe RamoseOn Mull's map Mogobe Ramose sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶