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A Scientific Assessment of the Validity of Mystical Experiences: Understanding Altered Psychological and Neurophysiological States book cover

1st Edition

A Scientific Assessment of the Validity of Mystical Experiences Understanding Altered Psychological and Neurophysiological States

By Andrew Papanicolaou Copyright 2021
156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge
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In this book the approach of the natural sciences is adopted to confront the ontological question of how far mystical experiences can be considered as reports of an objective reality rather than reports of subjective delusions. Moving beyond traditional philosophical or cultural and theological interpretations of mystical phenomena, the author uses inductive inference to analyze claims made by... Read more

Preface

1. Defining Mystical States and Experiences

2. Unintentional and Deliberate Methods of Attaining Mystical States: Religious, Cultural, and Philosophical Perspectives

3. Mystical States achieved through Psychedelics: The Origins, Classical, and Contemporary Use of Psychedelics

4. Questioning the Reliability of Mystical States: Identifying Features

5. Questioning the Validity of Mystical States: Opinions and Objections

6. The Experiencing Subject and Mystical Object: Defining Validity of the Mystical State

References

Index

Biography

Andrew C. Papanicolaou is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Neurosciences of the University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, USA, where he served as Chief of the Division of Clincal Neuroscience.

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