There seems to be no mention of what feelings are exactly (in the article). Arguably, feelings are thoughts as well. > In effect, feelings are the mental trans

There seems to be no mention of what feelings are exactly (in the article). Arguably, feelings are thoughts as well. > In effect, feelings are the mental translation of processes occurring in your body as it strives to balance its many systems Mental translations of processes is a type of thinking. So I feel this argument is mostly semantic and is not taking any major step to explain Consciousness. It's been a while since I read Damasio's book on this, but I remember agreeing with its premise. I might have missed the part were feelings were supposed to be distinct from thinking.