Abstract
This paper aims to answer the following question about so-called “private experiences”: in what way is “private experience” intelligible?
In this paper, I will deal with “private experience” by focusing on events concerning “pain.” One might think that one's pain is something that only belongs to oneself However, it is incorrect to say that since “my pain” is recognized only by looking into my own mind, “my pain” is something that could fundamentally be concealed from other's knowledge. I would like to present an alternative view.
The outline of my argument is as follows: first, I argue against models based on scepticism about the ability to understand others. Next, I demonstrate that conventional thinking about a person's pain only belonging to that person could be understood as an interactional achievement.
