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The Feeling of Being

Ratcliffe, M.

Authors

M. Ratcliffe



Abstract

There has been much recent philosophical discussion concerning the relationship between emotion and feeling. However, everyday talk of 'feeling' is not restricted to emotional feeling and the current emphasis on emotions has led to a neglect of other kinds of feeling. These include feelings of homeliness, belonging, separation, unfamiliarity, power, control, being part of something, being at one with nature and 'being there'. Such feelings are perhaps not 'emotional'. However, I suggest here that they do form a distinctive group; all of them are ways of 'finding ourselves in the world'. Indeed, our sense that there is a world and that we are 'in it' is, I suggest, constituted by feeling. I offer an analysis of what such 'existential feelings' consist of, showing how they can be both 'bodily feelings' and, at the same time, part of the structure of intentionality.

Citation

Ratcliffe, M. (2005). The Feeling of Being. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 12(8-10), 43-60

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2005
Deposit Date Mar 12, 2009
Journal Journal of Consciousness Studies
Print ISSN 1355-8250
Publisher Imprint Academic
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 12
Issue 8-10
Pages 43-60
Publisher URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/2005/00000012/F0030008/art00003


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