Does Mystical Experience Give Access to Reality?

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چکیده

Mystical experiences can bring an overwhelming sense that deeper realities have been contacted or the everyday world has apprehended as it truly is. Philosophical study of not given much attention to their metaphysical significance, especially insights they may offer on fundamental issues such nature reality, self, consciousness, and time. There are reasons for neglect, in present article I consider two major theoretical obstacles finding significance experiences: a radical form contextualism reductionist approach neuroscience. With these addressed, there is room how mystical experience metaphysics be brought into dialogue, task facilitated by contemporary resurgence interest alternatives materialist renewed encouraged psychedelic research.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Religions

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2077-1444']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100983