- evaluating the value of something. - the space where we reject or accept something. - “pain-pleasure reaction of feeling marks the highest degree of subjectivation of the object… feeling brings subject and object into such a close relationship that the subject must choose between acceptance and rejection.” ([[jung, carl|jung]], see [[consciousness is primarily an organ of orientation in a world of outer and inner facts|highlight]]) - adds nuance, adjectives, relationships to the object. - feeling is distinct from emotions. emotions change psychological condition; the feeling function is the *conscious experience of a thing*.