This book is the first scholarly monograph in English devoted to the philosophical analysis of psychedelic drugs. Its central focus is the apparent conflict between the growing use of psychedelics in psychiatry and the philosophical worldview of naturalism.
This book is the first scholarly monograph in English devoted to the philosophical analysis of psychedelic drugs. Its central focus is the apparent conflict between the growing use of psychedelics in psychiatry and the philosophical worldview of naturalism.
Dr Chris Letheby is a philosopher working on issues related to the therapeutic and transformative potential of classic psychedelic drugs. His doctoral research, conducted at the University of Adelaide, presented the first systematic analysis of psychedelic experience within the framework of 21st century philosophy of cognitive science. He is currently Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Western Australia and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Adelaide on the Australian government-funded project 'Philosophical Perspectives on Psychedelic Psychiatry'. He was awarded an Early Career Researcher Prize in 2022 from the School of Humanities, University of Adelaide for this book. In addition he received the Faculty of Arts Prize for Outstanding Research by an Early Career Researcher, from the University of Adelaide.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Introduction On the need for a natural philosophy of psychedelics Introduction The psychedelic renaissance Evidence for safety and efficacy An existential medicine? The Comforting Delusion Objection Naturalizing the entheogenic conception The phenomenology of psychedelic therapy Introduction Perception The sense of self The transformative process Conclusion The mechanisms of psychedelic therapy Introduction Neuroplasticity theories The Metaphysical Belief Theory The Metaphysical Alief Theory Conclusion The role of self-representation Introduction Psychological factors Neural correlates Neurocognitive explanation Conclusion Resetting the brain Introduction The Reset Theory Predictive processing Relaxed beliefs under psychedelics Resetting beliefs under psychedelics Unbinding the self Introduction Predictive self-binding Selfhood embodied and (temporally) extended A centre of representational gravity The self unbound Opacity and mystical epiphanies Psychedelic therapy: a two-factor theory Self and self-consciousness Conclusion Epistemology Introduction Psychopharmacology and epistemology Knowledge that Knowledge how Knowledge by acquaintance New knowledge of old facts Indirect epistemic benefits Epistemic innocence Spirituality Introduction Naturalizing spirituality Spirituality as unselfing Conclusion Testable predictions Future directions Naturalistic entheogenics
Introduction Introduction On the need for a natural philosophy of psychedelics Introduction The psychedelic renaissance Evidence for safety and efficacy An existential medicine? The Comforting Delusion Objection Naturalizing the entheogenic conception The phenomenology of psychedelic therapy Introduction Perception The sense of self The transformative process Conclusion The mechanisms of psychedelic therapy Introduction Neuroplasticity theories The Metaphysical Belief Theory The Metaphysical Alief Theory Conclusion The role of self-representation Introduction Psychological factors Neural correlates Neurocognitive explanation Conclusion Resetting the brain Introduction The Reset Theory Predictive processing Relaxed beliefs under psychedelics Resetting beliefs under psychedelics Unbinding the self Introduction Predictive self-binding Selfhood embodied and (temporally) extended A centre of representational gravity The self unbound Opacity and mystical epiphanies Psychedelic therapy: a two-factor theory Self and self-consciousness Conclusion Epistemology Introduction Psychopharmacology and epistemology Knowledge that Knowledge how Knowledge by acquaintance New knowledge of old facts Indirect epistemic benefits Epistemic innocence Spirituality Introduction Naturalizing spirituality Spirituality as unselfing Conclusion Testable predictions Future directions Naturalistic entheogenics
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