The messy biological basis of culture Adrian Woolfson heralds Antonio Damasio’s bold argument that emotions define us. In attempts to define what makes us uniquely human, emotions and feelings are often marginalized. These deeply ingrained, often irrational aspects of our behaviour seem destined to be the poor cousins of the rational cognitive functions that…Continue Reading New Book by NGP Faculty: Antonio Damasio. The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures.