Single Idea 3366

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality]

Full Idea

Some mental phenomena - in particular, sensations like tickles and pains - do not seem to exhibit either reference or content.

Gist of Idea

Pain has no reference or content

Source

Jaegwon Kim (Philosophy of Mind [1996], p. 21)

Book Reference

Kim,Jaegwon: 'Philosophy of Mind' [Westview 1998], p.21


A Reaction

This could be challenged. These sensations cannot be had without a bodily location, and they give information about possible contact or damage.

Related Idea

Idea 4089 Pains have a region of the body as their intentional content, not some pain object [Crane]