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Dear list-members,


The Taiwanese-German research project COMPAIN (The Complexity of Pain and Its Normative Implications) is investigating how ethical reflections on pain can adequately address its complexity. This topic has been emphasised in discussions from various fields, including medicine, neuroscience, and the philosophy of mind. 

The COMPAIN research group invites scholars and the wider public to join a conversation on the complexity of pain and its ethical dimensions. To foster this exchange, we are launching the COMPAIN Lecture Series for the winter semester of 2025, featuring talks dedicated to pain-related themes from philosophical, medical, and interdisciplinary perspectives.

To participate in the lecture series, use the following Zoom link: https://uni-ms.zoom-x.de/j/2720643197?omn=62804254235 (see full zoom invitation below) 


The first talk of the COMPAIN lecture series will feature Saulius Genius on 20 November 2025 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST) 

Title: Pain and the Life-World: Somatization and Psychologization

Abstract: By unpacking the processes of somatization – where psychological distress manifests as physical pain – and psychologization – where pain is reframed as psychological suffering – the talk will address the intricate interplay between somatic and psychological dimensions in pain experience. I will further show that pain is not only a physiological and psychological, but also a socio-cultural and historical phenomenon, shaped by the individual's context and interactions within their lifeworld. Against such a background, I will maintain that the subject of pain is not the brain, but the person in the lifeworld.
 

Upcoming talks in the COMPAIN lecture series: 

Hadeel Naeem on 27 November 2025 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: Pain, epistemic injustice, and AI

Philip Gerrans on 12 December 2025 (08:30-10:20 CET and 15:30-17:20 CST)

Title: Pain, suffering, and the self

Dieter Birnbacher on 15 January 2025 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: Pain, suffering, and the will

Kevin Reuter 29 January 2026 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: tba

Noelia Bueno-Gómez 12 February 2026 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: tba

 

Everyone’s welcome to attend. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Dominik Koesling (dominik....@uni-muenster.de) 


All the best,


Dominik Koesling

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Dear list-members,


The Taiwanese-German research project COMPAIN (The Complexity of Pain and Its Normative Implications) is investigating how ethical reflections on pain can adequately address its complexity. This topic has been emphasised in discussions from various fields, including medicine, neuroscience, and the philosophy of mind. 

The COMPAIN research group invites scholars and the wider public to join a conversation on the complexity of pain and its ethical dimensions. To foster this exchange, we are launching the COMPAIN Lecture Series for the winter semester of 2025, featuring talks dedicated to pain-related themes from philosophical, medical, and interdisciplinary perspectives. We will start this week! 

To participate in the lecture series, use the following Zoom link: https://uni-ms.zoom-x.de/j/2720643197?omn=62804254235 (see full zoom invitation below).


The first talk of the COMPAIN lecture series will feature Saulius Geniusas on 20 November 2025 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST) 

Title: Pain and the Life-World: Somatization and Psychologization

Abstract: By unpacking the processes of somatization – where psychological distress manifests as physical pain – and psychologization – where pain is reframed as psychological suffering – the talk will address the intricate interplay between somatic and psychological dimensions in pain experience. I will further show that pain is not only a physiological and psychological, but also a socio-cultural and historical phenomenon, shaped by the individual's context and interactions within their lifeworld. Against such a background, I will maintain that the subject of pain is not the brain, but the person in the lifeworld.
 

Upcoming talks in the COMPAIN lecture series: 

Hadeel Naeem on 27 November 2025 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: Pain, epistemic injustice, and AI

Philip Gerrans on 12 December 2025 (08:30-10:20 CET and 15:30-17:20 CST)

Title: Pain, suffering, and the self

Dieter Birnbacher on 15 January 2025 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: Pain, suffering, and the will

Kevin Reuter 29 January 2026 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: The complexity of the concept of pain

Noelia Bueno-Gómez 12 February 2026 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: The pathologization of suffering and pain

 

Everyone’s welcome to attend. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Dominik Koesling (dominik....@uni-muenster.de) 


All the best,


Dominik Koesling

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Please find below the invitation to the COMPAIN lectures once again, with the following important note to avoid any potential misunderstandings: The acronym "CST" is used to denote China Standard Time, not Central Standard Time.

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Dear list-members,


Please find below the invitation to the COMPAIN lectures once again, today for session #2.

The Taiwanese-German research project COMPAIN (The Complexity of Pain and Its Normative Implications) is investigating how ethical reflections on pain can adequately address its complexity. This topic has been emphasised in discussions from various fields, including medicine, neuroscience, and the philosophy of mind. 

The COMPAIN research group invites scholars and the wider public to join a conversation on the complexity of pain and its ethical dimensions. To foster this exchange, we are launching the COMPAIN Lecture Series for the winter semester of 2025, featuring talks dedicated to pain-related themes from philosophical, medical, and interdisciplinary perspectives. 

To participate in the lecture series, use the following Zoom link: https://uni-ms.zoom-x.de/j/2720643197?omn=62804254235 (see full zoom invitation below).


The second talk of the COMPAIN lecture series will feature Hadeel Naeem on 27 November 2025 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST (China Standard Time)) 

Title: Pain, epistemic injustice, and AI

Abstract: Pain is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon. Pain research documents cases where our disregard of diverse pain experiences leads to epistemic injustices against those who suffer from pain. Automated pain detection technologies use limited behavioural and physiological indicators and are trained on insufficiently diverse datasets. These technologies can potentially exacerbate existing epistemic harms against pain sufferers, particularly marginalised groups. I argue that we must carefully consider the diverse presentations of pain and their neurological, biological, psychological, and social dimensions when implementing AI-based pain assessment tools. To prevent deepening epistemic injustices in pain care, we must develop AI systems by collecting diverse datasets, implementing explainable algorithms, maintaining transparency in data and algorithms, and incorporating flexibility for ongoing improvements. Preserving pain’s complexity when developing these technologies helps prevent further marginalising those who experience pain, particularly vulnerable populations.
 

Upcoming talks in the COMPAIN lecture series: 

Philip Gerrans on 12 December 2025 (08:30-10:20 CET and 15:30-17:20 CST)

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Dear list-members,


Please find below the invitation to the COMPAIN lectures once again, today for session #3. Please be aware that this time, the meeting will take place at a different time. 

The Taiwanese-German research project COMPAIN (The Complexity of Pain and Its Normative Implications) is investigating how ethical reflections on pain can adequately address its complexity. This topic has been emphasised in discussions from various fields, including medicine, neuroscience, and the philosophy of mind. 

The COMPAIN research group invites scholars and the wider public to join a conversation on the complexity of pain and its ethical dimensions. To foster this exchange, we are launching the COMPAIN Lecture Series for the winter semester of 2025, featuring talks dedicated to pain-related themes from philosophical, medical, and interdisciplinary perspectives. 

To participate in the lecture series, use the following Zoom link: https://uni-ms.zoom-x.de/j/2720643197?omn=62804254235 (see full zoom invitation below).


The third talk of the COMPAIN lecture series will feature Philip Gerrans on 12 December 2025 (08:30-10:20 CET and 15:30-17:20 CST (China Standard Time))

He will talk about Pain, suffering, and the self.



Upcoming talks in the COMPAIN lecture series: 

Dieter Birnbacher on 15 January 2025 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: Pain, suffering, and the will

Kevin Reuter 29 January 2026 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: The complexity of the concept of pain

Noelia Bueno-Gómez 12 February 2026 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: The pathologization of suffering and pain

 

Everyone’s welcome to attend. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Dominik Koesling (dominik....@uni-muenster.de) 


All the best,


Dominik Koesling

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Dear list-members,


Happy New Year to you all!  Please find below the invitation to the COMPAIN lectures once again, today for session #4.

The Taiwanese-German research project COMPAIN (The Complexity of Pain and Its Normative Implications) is investigating how ethical reflections on pain can adequately address its complexity. This topic has been emphasised in discussions from various fields, including medicine, neuroscience, and the philosophy of mind. 

The COMPAIN research group invites scholars and the wider public to join a conversation on the complexity of pain and its ethical dimensions. To foster this exchange, we are launching the COMPAIN Lecture Series for the winter semester of 2025, featuring talks dedicated to pain-related themes from philosophical, medical, and interdisciplinary perspectives. 

To participate in the lecture series, use the following Zoom link: https://uni-ms.zoom-x.de/j/2720643197?omn=62804254235 (see full zoom invitation below).


The fourth talk of the COMPAIN lecture series will feature Dieter Birnbacher on 15 January 2025 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST (China Standard Time)) 

Title: Pain, suffering, and the will

Abstract: This talk is unusual in combining a discussion of structural aspects of the concept of pain with a discussion of the psychology of pain experience on the background of Schopenhauer’s psychology of the will. Though Schopenhauer‘s philosophy of suffering and of redemption from suffering by the „self-negation of the will“ is mainly concerned with mental suffering, his scattered observations on somatic pain can serve as an inspiration for a modern theory of pain measuring up to the complexity of the phenomenon. Through its emotional component, pain experience is partly amenable to cognitive modification, and, indirectly, to the will. In fact, this avenue is taken by a number of present-day approaches to the psychological therapy of chronic pain.
 

Upcoming talks in the COMPAIN lecture series: 


Kevin Reuter 29 January 2026 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: The complexity of the concept of pain

Noelia Bueno-Gómez 12 February 2026 (12:00-13:30 CET and 19:00-20:30 CST)

Title: The pathologization of suffering and pain

 

Everyone’s welcome to attend. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Dominik Koesling (dominik....@uni-muenster.de) 


All the best,


Dominik Koesling

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