more on this theme | more from this thinker | more from this text
Full Idea
Since sensations such as pain generally present themselves as in some part of one's body, the bodily self seems to be anything but elusive in sensory awareness.
Gist of Idea
If we have a pain, we are strongly aware of the bodily self
Source
Quassim Cassam (Introduction to 'Self-Knowledge' [1994], §I)
Book Ref
'Self-Knowledge', ed/tr. Cassam,Quassim [OUP 1994], p.8
A Reaction
This strikes me as a really good observation. Whenever we do Hume's experiment in introspection, we tend to examine either pure sense experiences or abstract ideas. If we introspect a pain, we actually find the body at the centre of activity.