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Unpleasantness, Motivational Oomph , and Painfulness

2014; Wiley; Volume: 29; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/mila.12048

1468-0017

Jennifer Corns,

Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Abstract Painful pains are, paradigmatically, unpleasant and motivating. The dominant view amongst philosophers and pain scientists is that these two features are essentially related and sufficient for painfulness. In this article, I first offer scientifically informed characterizations of both unpleasantness and motivational oomph and argue against other extant accounts. I then draw on folk‐characterized cases and current neurobiological and neurobehavioral evidence to argue that both dominant positions are mistaken. Unpleasantness and motivational oomph doubly dissociate and, even taken together, are insufficient for painfulness.