Philosophical Psychology 14 (1):95-102 (2001)
Abstract |
How can a pain wake you up? You were not dreaming, nor did any bodily stimuli filter into your consciousness. You did not just wake up and realize you were in pain, as you might wake up and realize it is Saturday. You were deeply, dreamlessly asleep, and suddenly you were awake, and in pain. How is this possible? If pain exists only inasmuch as it is experienced, it seems that the pain did not exist when you were asleep, and so could not have woken you up. I shall argue that you were woken by a pain sensation that you did not know you had, so that the distinction between what is and what is known holds even for the contents of consciousness. This illuminates the relationship between consciousness and attention, and casts light on the Classical Empiricist tradition that identifies the foundations of knowledge with direct experience.
|
Keywords | Body Consciousness Knowledge Pain Science |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
DOI | 10.1080/0951508120033544 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
No references found.
Citations of this work BETA
Higher Order Thought and the Problem of Radical Confabulation.Timothy Lane & Caleb Liang - 2008 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 46 (1):69-98.
Similar books and articles
On the Supposed Utility of a Folk Theory of Pain.Donald F. Gustafson - 2000 - Brain and Mind 1 (2):223-228.
Philosophical Issues About Consciousness.Ned Block - 2003 - In L. Nadel (ed.), Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Nature Publishing Group.
The Intentional Structure of Consciousness.Tim Crane - 2003 - In Quentin Smith & Aleksandar Jokic (eds.), Consciousness: New Philosophical Perspectives. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. pp. 33-56.
Integrating Experimental-Phenomenological Methods and Neuroscience to Study Neural Mechanisms of Pain and Consciousness.D. Barrell Price & Rainville J. - 2002 - Consciousness and Cognition 11 (4):593-608.
Constructing Pain: How Pain Hurts.Yutaka Nakamura & C. Chapman - 2002 - In Kunio Yasue, Marj Jibu & Tarcisio Della Senta (eds.), No Matter, Never Mind. John Benjamins.
Exploring the Phenomenology of Memory for Pain: Is Previously Experienced Acute Pain Consciously Remembered or Simply Known?Rohini Terry, Eric E. Brodie & Catherine A. Niven - 2007 - Journal of Pain 8 (6):467-475.
What is Pain Facial Expression For?Nico H. Frijda - 2002 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (4):460-460.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2009-01-28
Total views
252 ( #42,881 of 2,499,855 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #418,066 of 2,499,855 )
2009-01-28
Total views
252 ( #42,881 of 2,499,855 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #418,066 of 2,499,855 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads