Assertion: materialism's theory | /r/CapableOf | characterize pain
Facets:
value: as a state
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: For (an avowedly simplistic) example, a functionalist theory might characterize pain as a state that tends to be caused by bodily injury, to produce the belief that something is wrong with the body and the desire to be out of that state, to produce anxiety, and, in the absence of any stronger, conflicting desires, to cause wincing or moaning.