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Guest editors:  \;David Bain and Michael Brady

Deadline for submissions:  \;1 August 2013

The Theme

Consider your pain when you step on an upturned nail\, and your pleasure \;when you taste your favourite wine or are tenderly caressed.  \;How might we \;compare these experiences?  \;What might be said about their relationships? \; \;We tend to say that your pain is unpleasant\, negative\, and bad while your \;experience of the wine and caresses is pleasant\, positive\, and good. This \;special issue will ask whether more can be said about the contrasts\, \;similarities\, and relationships between sensory pleasure\, on the one hand\, \;and physical pain and unpleasant sensory experience\, on the other.

To illuminate pleasure\, should we simply invert our theories of pain\, or \;vice versa?  \;Or are there asymmetries among the two cases?  \;If so\, what do \;the asymmetries tell us about pleasure\, pain\, and unpleasantness?  \;What \;roles do pain and pleasure play?  \;How do pain and pleasure interact?

This special issue will address pain and pleasure\, and crucially the \;similarities\, contrasts\, and relationships between them. Contributions \;should focus on what might be called sensory hedonics: physical pain\, \;other unpleasant sensory experiences\, such as itch and nausea\, and sensory \;pleasures.

The topic is ripe for interdisciplinary investigation. We encourage \;original contributions from psychologists\, neuroscientists\, philosophers of \;mind\, and ethicists\, particularly papers that bring to bear more than one \;discipline.  \;To fix ideas\, there follows a list of key questions.

Key Questions

1.  \;Ought pain and sensory pleasure be explained in parallel ways?

To illuminate either pleasure or pain\, should we simply invert our theory \;of the other?  \;Or are there asymmetries between the two cases?  \;If so\, what \;do the asymmetries tell us about pleasure\, pain\, and unpleasantness?

2.  \;Are pains and sensory pleasures motivational in similar ways?

Pains are arguably motivational. Are pleasures motivational in the same \;way?  \;In virtue of what do pains and pleasures motivate? At what\, if \;anything\, is the behaviour they motivate respectively aimed: avoiding harm \;and pursuing benefits\; or avoiding unpleasantness and pursuing pleasure\; or \;something else?  \;What is the role of expressive behaviour (e.g. grimacing \;and smiling)?  \;What\, in these various respects\, are the similarities and \;differences between pain and pleasure?

3.  \;What roles do physical pain and sensory pleasures play?

What are the roles of pain\, unpleasant experiences\, and sensory pleasures? \;Is there more to these roles than the motivation of behaviour? Do they \;have symmetrical roles?  \;If not\, what is the adaptive value of the \;asymmetries?

4.  \;How are pain and pleasure related to perception?

Can any perceptual experience be pleasant or unpleasant?  \;Which if any \;perceptual experiences do physical pains involve?  \;What if anything do \;these experiences represent?  \;Many think pains represent bodily damage\; but \;what about pleasures?  \;What are the similarities and differences between \;the ways in which pleasure relates to perception and the ways in which \;pain&mdash\;and sensory unpleasantness&mdash\;does? \;

5.  \;How do pain and pleasure interact?

Can we find the pleasantness of an experience unpleasant?  \;Can we find an \;experience&rsquo\;s painfulness pleasant?  \;Do masochists?  \;Does relief from pain \;involve pleasure\, or just less pain?  \;How do pain and pleasure affect one \;another?  \;How is each affected by other states?  \;What\, in these respects\, \;are the similarities and differences between pain and pleasure?

Important Dates

1 August 2013  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;submission deadline

15 December 2013  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;target publication date

How to submit

Prospective authors should register at: \;www.editorialmanager.com/ropp \;to \;obtain a login and select Pain and Pleasure as the article type. \; \;Manuscripts should be approximately 8\,000 words and conform to the author \;guidelines available on the journal's website.

About the journal

The Review of Philosophy and Psychology (ISSN: 1878-5158\; eISSN: 1878-5166) \;is a peer-reviewed journal\, published quarterly by Springer\, which focuses \;on philosophical and foundational issues in cognitive science. The \;journal&rsquo\;s aim is to provide a forum for discussion on topics of mutual \;interest to philosophers and psychologists and to foster interdisciplinary \;research at the crossroads of philosophy and the sciences of the mind\, \;including the neural\, behavioural and social sciences. The journal \;publishes theoretical works grounded in empirical research as well as \;empirical articles on issues of philosophical relevance. It includes
thematic issues featuring invited contributions from leading authors \;together with articles answering a call for papers.

Contact

For any queries\, please email the guest editors:

david.bain@glasgow.ac.uk \;and \;michael.brady@glasgow.ac.uk

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