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Super Spartans

Imagine a race of Super Spartans trained to suppress any behaviorial indication of pain. They exhibit no pain behavior whatsoever, even when they are in excruciating pain. So philosophical behaviorism fails to give an account of what pain is.


Hilary Putnam, 1975a.

 

 

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