Abstract

The paradox of pain refers to the idea that the folk concept of pain is paradoxical, treating pains as simultaneously mental states and bodily states (as described in papers by Hill and Borg et al.). By taking a close look at our pain terms, this paper argues that there is no paradox of pain. The air of paradox dissolves once we recognize that pain terms are polysemous and that there are two separate but related concepts of pain rather than one.

中文翻译：

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疼痛、悖论和多义

摘要

疼痛的悖论是指民间的疼痛概念是矛盾的，将疼痛同时视为精神状态和身体状态（如 Hill 和 Borg 等人的论文所述）。通过仔细研究我们的疼痛术语，本文认为不存在疼痛的悖论。一旦我们认识到疼痛术语是多义的并且有两个独立但相关的疼痛概念而不是一个，悖论的气氛就消失了。