Anil Seth: Paper's 'Pain' Definition Never Presupposes Conscious Experience
anilkseth · x · 2026-09-21
Part 3 of Anil Seth's thread: the paper's authors carefully speak only of 'pain representations' and footnote that their notion of 'pain' (unlike 'suffering') does not presuppose conscious experience. See the thread's first post for the full take.
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