Antonio Damasio ↔ consciousness

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Antonio Damasio is a prominent researcher who has extensively theorized on the nature of consciousness, arguing that it is a private phenomenon [1] rooted in bodily states, homeostasis [2], and emotional evolution [3]. His work specifically defines consciousness through frameworks like the 'proto-self' and 'core self' to explain the subjective experience of the 'I' and 'me' [4].

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The evolution of human-type consciousness – a by-product of ... frontiersin.org Frontiers 2 facts

claimDamasio (2010) and LeDoux and Brown (2017) propose that emotions and bodily states are central to the evolution of consciousness.

claimDamasio argues that internal bodily representations and homeostasis are responsible for generating the subjective feeling of consciousness.

Self, selfhood and understanding - infed.org infed.org infed.org 2 facts

claimAntonio Damasio argued that consciousness is an entirely private, first-person phenomenon.

referenceAntonio Damasio approaches the concept of consciousness via the 'feeling of what happens', where the 'I' is similar to the 'proto-self' (a constantly updated representation in the brain of the body's state) and the 'me' is similar to the 'core self' (a non-verbal, implicit awareness re-created for every object the brain encounters).