Single Idea 4089

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

Full Idea

The intentional object of a pain-state is a part or region of the body, not a pain-object.

Clarification

The 'intentional object' of a mental state is what it is about

Gist of Idea

Pains have a region of the body as their intentional content, not some pain object

Source

Tim Crane (Elements of Mind [2001], 3.24)

Book Reference

Crane,Tim: 'Elements of Mind' [OUP 2001], p.81


A Reaction

Plausible. Has anyone ever suffered from pain without some sense of what part of the body is actually in pain?

Related Idea

Idea 3366 Pain has no reference or content [Kim]