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feeling

feeling In this historical psychology source, feeling is the aspect of consciousness concerned with experienced changes apart from identifying objects or directing action.

In this historical psychology source, feeling is the aspect of consciousness concerned with experienced changes apart from identifying objects or directing action. It is used broadly as a phase of mental life within the traditional division of knowledge, feeling, and will, and is treated as an abstraction from a fuller state of mind.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Feeling” (Feeling).
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