Full Idea
The brain state will involve certain parts of the brain, whereas my feeling of pain seems to be located in my hand insofar as it has a bodily location.
Gist of Idea
Brain states must be in my head, and yet the pain seems to be in my hand
Source
John Perry (Knowledge, Possibility and Consciousness [2001], §1.2)
Book Reference
Perry,John: 'Knowledge, Possibility and Consciousness' [MIT 2001], p.6
A Reaction
This seems important to me. The brain is a ventriloquist. Perry implies that pain is quasi-disembodied, but it isn't, it is just experienced as IN the hand. Perhaps it is in the hand? Cutting the nerves loses contact with the pain.