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Philosophy of Psychedelics (Hardcover)
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Philosophy of Psychedelics (Hardcover)
Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry
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Recent clinical trials show that psychedelics such as LSD and
psilocybin can be given safely in controlled conditions, and can
cause lasting psychological benefits with one or two
administrations. Supervised psychedelic sessions can reduce
symptoms of anxiety, depression, and addiction, and improve
well-being in healthy volunteers, for months or even years. But
these benefits seem to be mediated by "mystical" experiences of
cosmic consciousness, which prompts a philosophical concern: do
psychedelics cause psychological benefits by inducing false or
implausible beliefs about the metaphysical nature of reality? 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. Within
the book, Letheby integrates empirical evidence and philosophical
considerations in the service of a simple conclusion: this
"Comforting Delusion Objection" to psychedelic therapy fails. While
exotic metaphysical ideas do sometimes come up, they are not, on
closer inspection, the central driver of change in psychedelic
therapy. Psychedelics lead to lasting benefits by altering the
sense of self, and changing how people relate to their own minds
and lives-not by changing their beliefs about the ultimate nature
of reality. The upshot is that a traditional conception of
psychedelics as agents of insight and spirituality can be
reconciled with naturalism (the philosophical position that the
natural world is all there is). Controlled psychedelic use can lead
to genuine forms of knowledge gain and spiritual growth-even if no
Cosmic Consciousness or transcendent divine Reality exists.
Philosophy of Psychedelics is an indispensable guide to the
literature for researchers already engaged in the field of
psychedelic psychiatry, and for researchers-especially
philosophers-who want to become acquainted with this increasingly
topical field.
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