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- From: forbis@stein.u.washington.edu (Gary Forbis)
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- Subject: Re: Searle on animal consciousness
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 21:37:43 GMT
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- In article <1k0r1tINN5fn@cannelloni.cis.ohio-state.edu> chandra@cis.ohio-state.edu (B Chandrasekaran) writes:
- >Would you say that a patient under anesthesia is in pain, he just
- >doesn't feel it? I think that would be an odd use of the term.
-
- Years ago I had my wisdom teeth removed. When I awoke I was crying
- but couldn't say why--I did not feel any pain. Since that time I have wondered
- about the experience. When I heard about split brain patients I began to
- speculate about the possibility that while my speach center was disconnected
- some other parts may not have been.
-
- A related question is: can a patient feel pain if she or he cannot relate
- the experience?
-
- I think that if the anesthetic prevents signals from entering the brain then
- no pain is felt but am less willing to claim a general anesthetic blocks pain
- when it might be the case that it merely blocks the ability to report pain.
-
- --gary forbis@u.washington.edu
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