Matthew Kinakin
Biographic Data
| ID | 9518280 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Kinakin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Kinakin |
| SIGNATURE | KINAKIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6871-8981 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Why intentionalists can’t take painkillers
Painful pains feel bad. One popular account of the nature of painfulness explains this feeling—i.e. its phenomenal character—in virtue of intentional content. Moreover, painful pains not only feel bad, but intuitively are bad. Hence, why we take painkillers. I argue that intentionalism about painfulness is incompatible with the sort of painkiller-taking behaviour characteristic of being in painful pain. In particular, if you’re an intentionalist,…
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Why intentionalists can’t take painkillers
Painful pains feel bad. One popular account of the nature of painfulness explains this feeling—i.e. its phenomenal character—in virtue of intentional content. Moreover, painful pains not only feel bad, but intuitively are bad. Hence, why we take painkillers. I argue that intentionalism about painfulness is incompatible with the sort of painkiller-taking behaviour characteristic of being in painful pain. In particular, if you’re an intentionalist,…
Epistemic virtue (1 work) · Free Will and Agency (1 work) · Metaphysics (1 work) · Pain Management and Placebo Effect (1 work) · Philosophy of language (1 work) · Philosophy of mind (1 work) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (1 work) · Virtue (1 work)