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Feeling & Knowing by Antonio Damasio — WisdomDeck honest review
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Feeling & Knowing

by Antonio Damasio

Damasio's short summary of his life's work on consciousness, in brief chapters. The entry point to the rest.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Feeling comes first.
  2. Knowing builds on it.
  3. Consciousness is feeling made aware.

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Damasio, briefly.

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