Thursday, May 15, 2008
Memory of pain
Hume says that once pain is inflicted, it is stored in the memory and that there will never be another feeling like that one again. But, it seems to me that he is making it seem that nothing will ever be AS painful as the last. I would have to say that I only slightly agree with this due to pain tolerance. When someone is hurt, and is hurt quite often thereafter, they become more tolerant to the pain so that they can endure a little more each time. As morbid as that sounds, it is the truth. For example, someone who has 15 tattoos is more used to needles and the pain than someone who doesn’t have one or who only has one. There are many different levels of pain, and I think tolerance is what prevents us from feeling the same pain again.
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I agree with what you say about tolerating pain, but i disagree with your Hume argument, i believe what he is trying to say is the memory of the pain has become so distant in our minds that we don't remember it the same again, not that we can't have the same pain
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