How Does Consciousness Come Back When I Go to Sleep?

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A, i agree. It seems to me that with the element of self awareness, that i'm aware of the choices that are coming at me, and i'm aware that future chermer is going to respond differently than current chermer so i can alter the future conditions. That seems to me a kind of volition, whatever the right word is. And the problem you have volitionbtit doesn't mean that you have all volition. But if something exists that is equivalent in terms of he structure and the function, i would say, why not? Except, i just don't know what that would be. Well, maybe we'll find out in the next life. Thanks for

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.