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Saturday, May 1, 2010

The idiocy of a sense of pain (Early Gricean defense by L. C. Holbrow against J. C. McKenzie

AGAINST PROJECTING PAINS.
Authors:HOLBOROW, L C
Source:Analysis, 29, 105-108. 4 p. January 1969.
Document Type:Journal Article
Subjects:EPISTEMOLOGY
PAIN
Persons as Subjects:MCKENZIE, J
Abstract:I ARGUE THAT PAIN CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AS A SENSE IN THE WAY IN WHICH SMELL IS A SENSE. J.C. MCKENZIE("ANALYSIS", VOL. 28, NO. 6) HAD ARGUED AS AGAINST G.P. GRICE (IN "ANALYTICAL PHILOSOPHY" SERIES ONE, ED. R.J. BUTLER) THAT THERE IS AS MUCH REASON TO SPEAK OF A PAIN-SENSE AS OF A SENSE OF SMELL. I DEFEND GRICE'S CONCLUSION ON THE GROUND THAT WE HAVE GOOD REASON TO RETAIN THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN BODILY SENSATIONS AND

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