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]