Lisa Tambornino explores the mysteries surrounding pain from an interdisciplinary perspective, elucidating how pain is an enigmatic and opaque phenomenon. In this authentically philosophical analysis of the concept of pain, the author uses empirical knowledge from psychology and the cognitive neurosciences to address questions that arise in the area of clinical medicine.

The analysis of the causal efficacy of reasons and their non-reducibility to deterministic causes is a central concern of Julian Nida-Rumelin s practical philosophy. According to him human freedom reveals itself in the meaning of reasons for our social practices. This volume contains texts from Nida-Rumelin concerning the relationship between freedom and reason, critical discussions from renowned authors as well as responses from Nida-Rumelin."