A perspective on the role of language about pain

This article contributes a perspective on pain motivated by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. According to Wittgenstein, the child learns from others that the occasions on which it manifests certain reactions—the reactions that human beings manifest when injured—make it appropriate to self-ascrib...

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Main Author: Simon van Rysewyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Pain Research
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2023.1251676/full