ABSTRACT
This chapter concludes reflections on the implications of the work’s previous chapters. In particular, it focusses on implications for medicine, naturalism, and continued philosophical theorising about pain. It suggests, in particular, that both the medical practitioner and philosopher work at the interface of theories developed for distinct purposes in pursuit of their own. They must work as translators between multiple theories which may each usefully reference distinct posits. The chapter concludes on the hopeful note that the management and treatment of pain may continue to improve as we reject all attempts to oversimplify it and increasingly recognise the extent of its complexity and idiosyncrasy.
