Pain signals are predominantly imperative
Biology and Philosophy 31 (2):283-298 (2016)
Abstract
Recent work on signaling has mostly focused on communication between organisms. The Lewis–Skyrms framework should be equally applicable to intra-organismic signaling. We present a Lewis–Skyrms signaling-game model of painful signaling, and use it to argue that the content of pain is predominantly imperative. We address several objections to the account, concluding that our model gives a productive framework within which to consider internal signaling
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Language, Thought and Other Biological Categories.Millikan, Ruth G.
The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory.Chalmers, David J.
Convention: A Philosophical Study.Lewis, David
Signals: Evolution, Learning, and Information.Skyrms, Brian
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