Experimental Philosophy of Pain

Sytsma, Justin; Reuter, Kevin (2017). Experimental Philosophy of Pain. Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 34(3), pp. 611-628. Springer 10.1007/s40961-017-0121-y

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The standard view of pains among philosophers today is that their existence consists in being experienced. The typical line of support offered for this view is that it corresponds with the ordinary or commonsense conception of pain. Despite this, a growing body of evidence from experimental philosophers indicates that the ordinary understanding of pain stands in contrast to the standard view among philosophers. In this paper, we will survey this literature and add to it, detailing the results of seven new studies on the ordinary understanding of pain using both questionnaire and corpus analysis methods.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Philosophy

UniBE Contributor:

Reuter, Kevin

Subjects:

100 Philosophy

ISSN:

2363-9962

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Kevin Reuter

Date Deposited:

04 May 2018 16:26

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:11

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s40961-017-0121-y

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.112584

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/112584

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