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Subscribe to the Channel and activate notifications! THE MANY FACES OF CONSCIOUSNESS - Bruno Forti, Adriano Palma and Gerardo Favaretto talk about it. The problem of consciousness has been addressed, especially in recent decades, from many different perspectives, with the contribution, among others, of philosophers, neuroscientists, experts in artificial intelligence and scholars belonging in a broad sense to cognitive science. Today, after having addressed the issue mainly from the neurobiological side, we will examine some positions based on how they fit into the attempt to resolve the age-old problem of the relationship between mind and body, from eliminationism to functionalism. The latter, while providing an irreplaceable contribution to the cognitive approach to the mind, highlights its own limits not only in reference to the question of qualia, but also in aspects such as knowledge and meaning. An author who has dedicated numerous publications to the issue is Antonio Damasio. A very recent book of his offers an innovative synthesis of his research, claiming a central role for the self and emotions on a somatic basis in the emergence of phenomenal experience. We will also examine some neurobiological research that can help open up some gaps in the dense mystery of consciousness. #neuroscience #psychology #philosophy