From Amanda Williams
It is good to see the function of pain explored using evolutionary concepts. But Barbara Finlay asserts that its obvious protective functions are insufficient to explain all pain. To fill the gap, she presents a circular argument: that we experience pain to obtain help, and need help because we are hurt. Pain is a complex event, and pain experience and pain behaviour differ with the social context. We don’t feel pain in order to get help; we need help because we are in pain.
London, UK
