疼痛与知觉的不对称性论证未推翻强表征主义

Arguments from the Asymmetry of Perception and Pain Fail to Refute Strong Representationalism

强表征主义需要做出无局限承诺,这种承诺面临着挑战,尤其是诉诸于“不对称性”的论证:在假设知觉的透明性成立的前提下,疼痛的现象特征与知觉经验的现象特征有某种显著的差异,所以不能被强表征主义成功说明.强表征主义者可以对疼痛表征的外在性质进行说明,两类不对称性论证并不成功.结论是,如果强表征主义可以成功地说明知觉经验,那么也可以用同样方式说明疼痛经验.

Strong Representationalism has to take the unrestricted form.The unrestricted Representationalism faces the challenge from the argument from the Asymmetry,according to which the significant asymmetries between the phenomenal characters of pain and those of perceptions result into the failure of unrestricted Representationalism,even if the representational account of perception succeeds.There are two types of arguments from the asymmetry between pain and perception.Strong Representationalism can rebut the two arguments by offering a naturalistic account of pain.The conclusion is that if Strong Representationalism is right about perceptions,it can analogously account for pain.