Puzzling Pain Conditions: How Philosophy Can Help Us Understand Them Export

@article{citeulike:271560, abstract = {Pain is a complicated area of inquiry. To progress in our scientific understanding of the topic, it may be useful to learn how other disciplines are grappling with the subject. Philosophy is one discipline actively engaged in trying to understand pain. Objective. We present one philosophical view of pain to help broaden the understanding of pain in those who are trained to look at it from a biomedical perspective. Discussion. One current philosophical theory of pain is the externalist perceptual theory of pain. This theory states that pain is a form of perception and can be likened to other perceptions, for example, visual, tactile, etc. The way a pain feels can be explained as the relationship between this perception and some bodily damage occurring. and just as other perceptions can be mistaken, such as in a visual illusion, pain can also be inaccurate. We explore how the theory deals with puzzling conditions such as phantom limb pain, complex regional pain syndrome, and allodynia. We contrast this view with a competing theory of pain and briefly consider how these philosophical views may impact clinical medicine.}, author = {Witonsky, Abraham and Whitman, Sarah M.}, citeulike-article-id = {271560}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.00046.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/pme/2005/00000006/00000004/art00009}, doi = {10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.00046.x}, issn = {1526-2375}, journal = {Pain Medicine}, keywords = {pain, philosophy, philosophy-medicine}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {315--322}, posted-at = {2008-11-19 07:36:17}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {Puzzling Pain Conditions: How Philosophy Can Help Us Understand Them}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.00046.x}, volume = {6}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:271560 L3 - citeulike-article-id:271560 N2 - Pain is a complicated area of inquiry. To progress in our scientific understanding of the topic, it may be useful to learn how other disciplines are grappling with the subject. Philosophy is one discipline actively engaged in trying to understand pain. Objective. We present one philosophical view of pain to help broaden the understanding of pain in those who are trained to look at it from a biomedical perspective. Discussion. One current philosophical theory of pain is the externalist perceptual theory of pain. This theory states that pain is a form of perception and can be likened to other perceptions, for example, visual, tactile, etc. The way a pain feels can be explained as the relationship between this perception and some bodily damage occurring. and just as other perceptions can be mistaken, such as in a visual illusion, pain can also be inaccurate. We explore how the theory deals with puzzling conditions such as phantom limb pain, complex regional pain syndrome, and allodynia. We contrast this view with a competing theory of pain and briefly consider how these philosophical views may impact clinical medicine. IS - 4 JF - Pain Medicine SN - 1526-2375 EP - 322 TI - Puzzling Pain Conditions: How Philosophy Can Help Us Understand Them PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 6 SP - 315 KW - pain KW - philosophy KW - philosophy-medicine AU - Witonsky, Abraham AU - Whitman, Sarah PY - 2005/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.00046.x ER -