Temperature is the amount of kinetic energy in a system. Are we feeling the force of the molecules hitting our skin when we detect something as being hot? Do we feel the kinetic energy in our skin decreasing when something feels cold? What do we actually feel when we detect temperature differences between our bodies and the objects with which we come into contact?
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We are feeling the increased temperature of our skin/body, and more specifically we are feeling the rate of heat flow into/out of our body.
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