Sydney Shoemaker argues that a rational creature in pain will typically desire to be rid of that pain, which requires the creature to believe that it is in pain, a belief that is inherently self-conscious.

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• Person: Not available Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• self-consciousness concept
• pain concept
• Sydney Shoemaker entity