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This book employs contemporary philosophy, scientific research, and
clinical reports to argue that pain, though real, is not an
appropriate object of scientific generalisations or an appropriate
target for medical intervention. Each pain experience is instead
complex and idiosyncratic in a way which undermines scientific
utility. In addition to contributing novel arguments and developing
a novel position on the nature of pain, the book provides an
interdisciplinary overview of dominant models of pain. The author
lays the needed groundwork for improved models and targeted
treatments at a time when pain science, pain medicine, and
philosophy are explicitly searching for both and failing to find
them. The Complex Reality of Pain will be of interest to a broad
range of researchers and students, including those working in
philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, cognitive science,
neuroscience, medicine, health, cognitive and behavioural
psychology, and pain science.
The phenomenon of pain presents problems and puzzles for
philosophers who want to understand its nature. Though pain might
seem simple, there has been disagreement since Aristotle about
whether pain is an emotion, sensation, perception, or disturbed
state of the body. Despite advances in psychology, neuroscience,
and medicine, pain is still poorly understood and multiple theories
of pain abound. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Pain is an
outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and
debates in this exciting and interdisciplinary subject and is the
first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a
team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into
nine clear parts: Modeling pain in philosophy Modeling pain in
neuroscience Modeling pain in psychology Pain in philosophy of mind
Pain in epistemology Pain in philosophy of religion Pain in ethics
Pain in medicine Pain in law As well as fundamental topics in the
philosophy of pain such as the nature, role, and value of pain,
many other important topics are covered including the neurological
pathways involved in pain processing; biopsychosocial and
cognitive-behavioural models of pain; chronic pain; pain and
non-human animals; pain and knowledge; controlled substances for
pain; pain and placebo effects; and pain and physician-assisted
suicide. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Pain is essential
reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind,
philosophy of psychology and ethics. It will also be very useful to
researchers of pain from any field, especially those in psychology,
medicine, and health studies.
This book employs contemporary philosophy, scientific research, and
clinical reports to argue that pain, though real, is not an
appropriate object of scientific generalisations or an appropriate
target for medical intervention. Each pain experience is instead
complex and idiosyncratic in a way which undermines scientific
utility. In addition to contributing novel arguments and developing
a novel position on the nature of pain, the book provides an
interdisciplinary overview of dominant models of pain. The author
lays the needed groundwork for improved models and targeted
treatments at a time when pain science, pain medicine, and
philosophy are explicitly searching for both and failing to find
them. The Complex Reality of Pain will be of interest to a broad
range of researchers and students, including those working in
philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, cognitive science,
neuroscience, medicine, health, cognitive and behavioural
psychology, and pain science.
Suffering is a central component of our lives. We suffer pain. We
fall ill. We fail and are failed. Our loved ones die. It is a
commonplace to think that suffering is, always and everywhere, bad.
But might suffering also be good? If so, in what ways might
suffering have positive, as well as negative, value? This important
volume examines these questions and is the first comprehensive
examination of suffering from a philosophical perspective. An
outstanding roster of international contributors explore the nature
of suffering, pain, and valence, as well as the value of suffering
and the relationships between suffering, morality, and rationality.
Philosophy of Suffering: Metaphysics, Value, and Normativity is
essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of
mind, philosophy of psychology, cognitive and behavioral psychology
as well as those in health and medicine researching conceptual
issues regarding suffering and pain.
Over recent decades, pain has received increasing attention as
philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists try to answer deep
and difficult questions about it. What is pain? What makes pain
unpleasant? How is pain related to the emotions? This volume
provides a rich and wide-ranging exploration of these questions and
important new insights into the philosophy of pain. Divided into
three clear sections - pain and motivation, pain and emotion, and
deviant pain - the collection covers fundamental topics in the
philosophy and psychology of pain. These include pain and sensory
affect, the neuroscience of pain, pain and rationality, placebos,
and pain and consciousness. Philosophy of Pain: Unpleasantness,
Emotion, and Deviance is essential reading for students and
researchers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology,
cognitive and behavioral psychology, as well as those in health and
medicine researching conceptual issues in pain.
Over recent decades, pain has received increasing attention as
philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists try to answer deep
and difficult questions about it. What is pain? What makes pain
unpleasant? How is pain related to the emotions? This volume
provides a rich and wide-ranging exploration of these questions and
important new insights into the philosophy of pain. Divided into
three clear sections - pain and motivation, pain and emotion, and
deviant pain - the collection covers fundamental topics in the
philosophy and psychology of pain. These include pain and sensory
affect, the neuroscience of pain, pain and rationality, placebos,
and pain and consciousness. Philosophy of Pain: Unpleasantness,
Emotion, and Deviance is essential reading for students and
researchers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology,
cognitive and behavioral psychology, as well as those in health and
medicine researching conceptual issues in pain.
The phenomenon of pain presents problems and puzzles for
philosophers who want to understand its nature. Though pain might
seem simple, there has been disagreement since Aristotle about
whether pain is an emotion, sensation, perception, or disturbed
state of the body. Despite advances in psychology, neuroscience,
and medicine, pain is still poorly understood and multiple theories
of pain abound. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Pain is an
outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and
debates in this exciting and interdisciplinary subject and is the
first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a
team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into
nine clear parts: Modeling pain in philosophy Modeling pain in
neuroscience Modeling pain in psychology Pain in philosophy of mind
Pain in epistemology Pain in philosophy of religion Pain in ethics
Pain in medicine Pain in law As well as fundamental topics in the
philosophy of pain such as the nature, role, and value of pain,
many other important topics are covered including the neurological
pathways involved in pain processing; biopsychosocial and
cognitive-behavioural models of pain; chronic pain; pain and
non-human animals; pain and knowledge; controlled substances for
pain; pain and placebo effects; and pain and physician-assisted
suicide. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Pain is essential
reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind,
philosophy of psychology and ethics. It will also be very useful to
researchers of pain from any field, especially those in psychology,
medicine, and health studies.
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