 Not only do people seem to have a special epistemic access to their own pains, they also seem to have a very special epistemic authority with respect to their pain: they seem to be incorrigible, or even infallible, about their pains and pain reports. Necessarily, if I sincerely believe that I am in pain, then I am in pain. Conversely, if I feel pain, then I know that I am in pain. This is the self-intimating aspect of pain experiences.