The Difference Between Feeling and Knoon

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When i idea, you know, i'm a sceptic of the peronormal and the supernatural. But when i watch the exorcist or the ring, or any of stephen king's novels that are made into films I feel totally likea scared anxious person. So this is what you mean by the difference between sa feeling and knoon? Exactly. Hesaiknow, theyae their different dimensions, and what's interesting is that they 're both present in the normal individualthe and they are their different ways ex one way of describing them,. Different ways of knowing, actually, because feeling is knowing to begin with.

In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the problem of consciousness unsolvable, but Antonio Damasio is convinced that recent findings across multiple scientific disciplines have given us a way to understand consciousness and its significance for human life. In his latest work, Feeling & Knowing, Damasio helps us understand why being conscious is not the same as sensing, why nervous systems are essential for the development of feelings, and why feeling opens the way to consciousness writ large. He combines the latest discoveries in various sciences with philosophy and discusses his original research, which has transformed our understanding of the brain and human behavior.