The michael shermer show is back with a guest from the world of psychology. Antonio de masio talks about feeling and knowing, making mind's conscience. We also look at how consciousness goes when you go to sleep under general anaewill or freewill. All this and more on The Michael Shermer Show tonight at 9pm ET/PT (11pm GMT)
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.