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The Feeling of What Happens
by Antonio Damasio
Damasio on consciousness: the proto-self, core consciousness, extended consciousness, built from the body's feelings. Dense, rewarding.
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Three things you will actually use
- Self begins in the body.
- Feeling precedes knowing.
- Consciousness is layered.
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Read the chapters on core consciousness.
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Damasio on consciousness.
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