The myth of pain /
Hardcastle, Valerie Gray.
The myth of pain / Valerie Gray Hardcastle. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xv, 298 pages) : illustrations - Philosophical psychopathology. Disorders in mind . - Philosophical psychopathology. Disorders in mind. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Myths of Pain -- A Brief and Scattered History of Pain -- A Vague Road Map and Preview -- Pathological Pains -- Setting the Stage -- Are Pains a Mental Disorder? -- A Brief Tour of the Official Line -- The Psychology of Chronic Pain -- Methodological Ills -- Diagnostic Tools -- The Pain Personality -- Mind over Matter? -- The Terms of the Debate -- Mental Causation -- Naturalizing Content -- The Real Question -- In Defense of Lazy Materialism -- Distinctions and Definitions -- Defining Mental States -- Meeting Stich's Challenge: Philosophy's Place in Science -- Mental versus Physical Causes -- What We Don't Know about Brains: Two Competing Perspectives -- The Feature-Detection Perspective -- The Organization of the Brain -- The Feature-Detection Perspective on the Dorsal Horn -- Problems with the Perspective -- The Dynamical Systems Approach -- A Primer on Dynamical Systems -- A Reason to Switch -- A Dynamical Systems Perspective on the Dorsal Horn -- Problems with the Approach -- The Moral of the Story: Incompatible Approaches -- A Difference in Explanatory Strategies -- The Pragmatics of Neuroscience -- The Nature of Pain -- Pain as a Sensory System -- The Complexity of Our Sensory Systems -- A Sketch of Our Pain System -- Philosophy's Error -- The Awfulness of Pain -- Images of Pain -- The Emotion of Pain -- Chronic Pain Possibilities -- The Dynamical Approach -- When a Pain Isn't -- The Strangeness of Pain -- Correlations between Nociception and Perception -- Illusions of Pain -- IASP's Reaction.
"Hardcastle offers a biologically based complex theory of pain processing, inhibition, and sensation and then uses this theory to make several arguments: (1) psychogenic pains do not exist; (2) a general lack of knowledge about fundamental brain function prevents us from distinguishing between mental and physical causes, although the distinction remains useful; (3) most pain talk should be eliminated from both the folk and academic communities; and (4) such a biological approach is useful generally for explaining disorders in pain processing. She shows how her analysis of pain can serve as a model for the analysis of other psychological disorders and suggests that her project be taken as a model for the philosophical analysis of disorders in psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience."--Jacket.
English.
058517380X (electronic bk.) 9780585173801 (electronic bk.) 9780262082839 0262082837 9780262274937 0262274930 (hardcover ; alk. paper) (pbk.)
00015994 4832 MIT Press 9780262274937 MIT Press
99030099
Schmerz Musikgruppe
Pain.
Pain--Psychological aspects.
Pain--Philosophy.
Neurologic manifestations of general diseases.
Senses and sensation.
Nervous system--Diseases.
Psychophysiology.
Diseases.
Pain
Psychophysiologic Disorders
Signs and Symptoms
Neurologic Manifestations
Sensation
Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Psychophysiology
Disease
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Psychiatry and Psychology
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena
Phenomena and Processes
Douleur.
Douleur--Aspect psychologique.
Douleur--Philosophie.
Manifestations neurologiques des maladies.
Sens et sensations.
Système nerveux--Maladies.
Psychophysiologie.
Maladies.
sensation.
senses.
illness.
disease.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Pain Management.
MEDICAL--Pain Medicine.
Pain.
Pain--Philosophy.
Pain--Psychological aspects.
Medizin
Physiologische Psychologie
Wissenschaftstheorie
Schmerz
Pijn.
Filosofische aspecten.
Dor (aspectos psicológicos;filosofia)
Demência.
Transtornos mentais.
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RB127 / .H38 1999eb
616/.0472
RB127 / .H38 1999eb
WL 704 / H258m 1999
The myth of pain / Valerie Gray Hardcastle. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999. - 1 online resource (xv, 298 pages) : illustrations - Philosophical psychopathology. Disorders in mind . - Philosophical psychopathology. Disorders in mind. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Myths of Pain -- A Brief and Scattered History of Pain -- A Vague Road Map and Preview -- Pathological Pains -- Setting the Stage -- Are Pains a Mental Disorder? -- A Brief Tour of the Official Line -- The Psychology of Chronic Pain -- Methodological Ills -- Diagnostic Tools -- The Pain Personality -- Mind over Matter? -- The Terms of the Debate -- Mental Causation -- Naturalizing Content -- The Real Question -- In Defense of Lazy Materialism -- Distinctions and Definitions -- Defining Mental States -- Meeting Stich's Challenge: Philosophy's Place in Science -- Mental versus Physical Causes -- What We Don't Know about Brains: Two Competing Perspectives -- The Feature-Detection Perspective -- The Organization of the Brain -- The Feature-Detection Perspective on the Dorsal Horn -- Problems with the Perspective -- The Dynamical Systems Approach -- A Primer on Dynamical Systems -- A Reason to Switch -- A Dynamical Systems Perspective on the Dorsal Horn -- Problems with the Approach -- The Moral of the Story: Incompatible Approaches -- A Difference in Explanatory Strategies -- The Pragmatics of Neuroscience -- The Nature of Pain -- Pain as a Sensory System -- The Complexity of Our Sensory Systems -- A Sketch of Our Pain System -- Philosophy's Error -- The Awfulness of Pain -- Images of Pain -- The Emotion of Pain -- Chronic Pain Possibilities -- The Dynamical Approach -- When a Pain Isn't -- The Strangeness of Pain -- Correlations between Nociception and Perception -- Illusions of Pain -- IASP's Reaction.
"Hardcastle offers a biologically based complex theory of pain processing, inhibition, and sensation and then uses this theory to make several arguments: (1) psychogenic pains do not exist; (2) a general lack of knowledge about fundamental brain function prevents us from distinguishing between mental and physical causes, although the distinction remains useful; (3) most pain talk should be eliminated from both the folk and academic communities; and (4) such a biological approach is useful generally for explaining disorders in pain processing. She shows how her analysis of pain can serve as a model for the analysis of other psychological disorders and suggests that her project be taken as a model for the philosophical analysis of disorders in psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience."--Jacket.
English.
058517380X (electronic bk.) 9780585173801 (electronic bk.) 9780262082839 0262082837 9780262274937 0262274930 (hardcover ; alk. paper) (pbk.)
00015994 4832 MIT Press 9780262274937 MIT Press
99030099
Schmerz Musikgruppe
Pain.
Pain--Psychological aspects.
Pain--Philosophy.
Neurologic manifestations of general diseases.
Senses and sensation.
Nervous system--Diseases.
Psychophysiology.
Diseases.
Pain
Psychophysiologic Disorders
Signs and Symptoms
Neurologic Manifestations
Sensation
Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Psychophysiology
Disease
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Psychiatry and Psychology
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena
Phenomena and Processes
Douleur.
Douleur--Aspect psychologique.
Douleur--Philosophie.
Manifestations neurologiques des maladies.
Sens et sensations.
Système nerveux--Maladies.
Psychophysiologie.
Maladies.
sensation.
senses.
illness.
disease.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Pain Management.
MEDICAL--Pain Medicine.
Pain.
Pain--Philosophy.
Pain--Psychological aspects.
Medizin
Physiologische Psychologie
Wissenschaftstheorie
Schmerz
Pijn.
Filosofische aspecten.
Dor (aspectos psicológicos;filosofia)
Demência.
Transtornos mentais.
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
RB127 / .H38 1999eb
616/.0472
RB127 / .H38 1999eb
WL 704 / H258m 1999