José Ángel Lombo, professor at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome), and José Manuel Giménez-Amaya, director of group of research 'Science, Reason and Faith' of the University of Navarra, have published the book La unidad de la persona. Aproximación interdisciplinar desde la Philosophy y la neurociencia.

In Issue, the authors try to explain the psychophysical unity of the person, both in its internal structure and in its vital activity, from the dialogue between neuroscience and Philosophy.

The work consists of three sections. In 'Cognition: Philosophical and Neurobiological Considerations', issues such as the concept of life and formality, the sensitive knowledge , the external and internal senses, attention, and the...

In the second, 'Emotion from Philosophy and neurobiology', the authors discuss the distinction between feeling, affect, emotion, passion and moods; emotional behavior and decision making, among other topics.

Finally, 'The lost unity? Mental illnesses' focuses on aspects such as rationality, the articulation between the organic and the sensitive, the emotional articulation between knowledge and action... At the end, an epilogue on man's freedom is included.

José Ángel Lombo is graduate and PhD in Philosophy from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences from the University of Navarra. She also graduated from the Ecclesiastical School of Philosophy of the campus and earned his doctorate from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, where he currently teaches. teaching and the research .

José Manuel Giménez-Amaya is Full Professor of Anatomy and Embryology from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Navarra. He has been researcher in Neuroscience and Visiting Professor at various European and North American universities. Currently, he teaches teaching in the Ecclesiastical School of Philosophy from the University of Navarra and directs the group of research 'Science, Reason and Faith'.