?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Imperative+Content+and+the+Painfulness+of+Pain&rft.creator=Mart%C3%ADnez%2C+Manolo&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Abstract+Representationalist+theories+of+phenomenal+consciousness+have+problems+in+accounting+for+pain%2C+for+at+least+two+reasons.+First+of+all%2C+the+negative+affective+phenomenology+of+pain+(its+painfulness)+does+not+seem+to+be+representational+at+all.+Secondly%2C+pain+experiences+are+not+transparent+to+introspection+in+the+way+perceptions+are.+This+is+reflected%2C+e.+g.%2C+in+the+fact+that+we+do+not+acknowledge+pain+hallucinations.+In+this+paper+I+defend+that+representationalism+has+the+potential+to+overcome+these+objections.+Defenders+of+representationalism+have+tried+to+analyse+every+kind+of+phenomenal+character+in+terms+of+indicative+contents.+But+there+is+another+possibility%3A+affective+phenomenology%2C+in+fact%2C+depends+on+imperative+representational+content.+This+provides+a+satisfactory+solution+to+the+aforementioned+difficulties.&rft.date=2010-07&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6899%2F1%2FImperative_Content_and_the_Painfulness_of_Pain.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mart%C3%ADnez%2C+Manolo++(2010)+Imperative+Content+and+the+Painfulness+of+Pain.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6899%2F