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What the body commands : the imperative theory of pain /

"In What the Body Commands, Colin Klein proposes and defends a novel theory of pain. Klein argues that pains are imperative; they are sensations with a content, and that content is a command to protect the injured part of the body. He terms this view 'imperativism about pain, ' and ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klein, Colin, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Puzzles about pain
  • Homeostatic sensations and imperative content
  • Pain and imperatives
  • Pain and suffering
  • The general content of pains
  • Motivation and reasons
  • Location and quality
  • Intensity
  • Objections, replies, and elaborations
  • Why not some other state?
  • Pain asymbolia and lost capacities
  • Asymbolia, motivation, and the self
  • Masochistic pleasures
  • Imperatives and suffering.