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  1. Xref: sparky comp.ai.philosophy:7387 sci.philosophy.tech:4950
  2. Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy,sci.philosophy.tech
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!news.smith.edu!orourke
  4. From: orourke@sophia.smith.edu (Joseph O'Rourke)
  5. Subject: Re: Searle on animal consciousness
  6. Message-ID: <1993Jan25.143908.14563@sophia.smith.edu>
  7. Organization: Smith College, Northampton, MA, US
  8. References: <1993Jan25.023842.11756@sophia.smith.edu> <1993Jan25.115504.13869@sophia.smith.edu> <1k0r1tINN5fn@cannelloni.cis.ohio-state.edu>
  9. Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:39:08 GMT
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  12. In article <1k0r1tINN5fn@cannelloni.cis.ohio-state.edu> 
  13.     chandra@cis.ohio-state.edu (B Chandrasekaran) writes:
  14.  
  15. >Would you say that a patient under anesthesia is in pain, he just
  16. >doesn't feel it? I think that would be an odd use of the term.
  17.  
  18.     Good question!  I'm afraid I am ignorant of the precise
  19. mechanism of anesthesia, but since it results in loss of sensation
  20. even when you are conscious, it seems clear that under anesthesia,
  21. there is no pain.  Anesthesia and sleep seem significantly different.
  22.