> So if you are talking about "feeling" in the sense of emotion, we actually have a very detailed understanding of how that system works.
I'm talking about consciousness, not emotions. About the sense of self. Understanding how emotions manifest as a chemical process doesn't have much to do with it. It doesn't solve the consciousness issue, doesn't explain how this "observer process" that is self-aware (and capable of registering: "oh, I'm experiencing such and such emotion now") comes to be.
I'm talking about consciousness, not emotions. About the sense of self. Understanding how emotions manifest as a chemical process doesn't have much to do with it. It doesn't solve the consciousness issue, doesn't explain how this "observer process" that is self-aware (and capable of registering: "oh, I'm experiencing such and such emotion now") comes to be.