It is Demanded: a Critical Analysis on “What the Body Commands”

Abstract

The main purpose of this text is to invite its reader to enter the discussion about pain and suffering. The means for this is to underline, explain, and criticize some aspects of Colin Klein’s work, particularly of his book What the body commands (2015). This critique has two objectives. The first is to publicize Klein’s theory and what are some of its core postulates. The second is to point out some limitations of that same theory.
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Sapién, A. (2020). It is Demanded: a Critical Analysis on “What the Body Commands”. Azafea: Revista De Filosofía, 22(1), 221–236. https://doi.org/10.14201/azafea202022221236

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Abraham Sapién

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Universidad Pedagógica Nacional
Profesor de tiempo completo, Titular-C, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional.
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