The Epistemic Value of Non-Religious Mystical Experiences

This paper examines the epistemic value of non-religious mystical experiences. By taking a angle, it adds complementary perspective to context in which experiences are generally discussed, i.e., theological questions or perspectives informed by philosophy religion. While I am pessimistic about possibilities such providing propositional knowledge external world, this discussion is largely bracketed. Instead, focus on different type knowledge, arguing that what these can provide certain subjective namely experiential knowledge. further argue involve feeling concern very general object, something as existence, reality whole. Consciously experiencing emotion rare, since background object relatively far removed from personal flourishing. Nevertheless, experiences, directly experienced. The obtained through existence whole feels like. contend both insight like well itself be seen valuable.