Philosophical Perspectives on Psychedelic Psychiatry

Informationen zum Autor Dr Chris Letheby is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at The University of Western Australia (UWA). His areas of specialization are philosophy of mind and philosophy of cognitive science. His research to date has focused mainly on the use of classic psychedelic drugs in neuroscience and psychiatry. In several articles and a book, he has argued 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. His monograph Philosophy of Psychedelics was published in 2021 by Oxford University Press.Dr Philip Gerrans is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide. His research interest is the relationship between philosophy and cognitive neuropsychiatry. He has written on developmental disorders, emotions, delusions and disorders of self-awareness. Klappentext Philosophical Perspectives on Psychedelic Psychiatry addresses the fascinating philosophical questions raised by the renewed psychiatric use of psychedelics, with chapters from leading philosophers of mind, science, and psychiatry. Zusammenfassung Philosophical Perspectives on Psychedelic Psychiatry addresses the fascinating philosophical questions raised by the renewed psychiatric use of psychedelics, with chapters from leading philosophers of mind, science, and psychiatry. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: philosophy and psychedelic psychiatry - Chris Letheby and Philip Gerrans SECTION ONE SELF AND MIND 2: Drug-induced body disownership - Raphaël Millière 3: The self as avatar: an active inference account of ego dissolution - Philip Gerrans 4: Disintegrating and reintegrating the self-(in)flexible self-models in depersonalization and psychedelic experiences - Anna Ciaunica and Adam Safron 5: Psychedelics: a window into perceptual processing - Berit Brogaard and Dimitria Electra Gatzia 6: Psychedelic visuals in context - Link Ray Swanson SECTION TWO SCIENCE AND PSYCHIATRY 7: Classic psychedelics in translational research: addressing epistemic challenges from bench to bedside - Jaipreet Mattu and Jacqueline Sullivan 8: Belief change and agnostic frames in psychedelic research and clinical contexts - David B. Yaden, Sandeep M. Nayak, and Roland R. Griffiths 9: The psychedelic experience: a new perspective, a new attitude towards the world - Virginia Ballesteros x Contents SECTION THREE ETHICS AND SPIRITUALITY 10: Psychedelics and moral psychology: the case of forgiveness - Samir Chopra and Chris Letheby 11: Psychedelics and naturalistic spirituality - Eric Steinhart 12: The enculturation problem - Thomas Metzinger ...

Autorentext
Dr Chris Letheby is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at The University of Western Australia (UWA). His areas of specialization are philosophy of mind and philosophy of cognitive science. His research to date has focused mainly on the use of classic psychedelic drugs in neuroscience and psychiatry. In several articles and a book, he has argued 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. His monograph Philosophy of Psychedelics was published in 2021 by Oxford University Press. Dr Philip Gerrans is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide. His research interest is the relationship between philosophy and cognitive neuropsychiatry. He has written on developmental disorders, emotions, delusions and disorders of self-awareness.

Klappentext

Philosophical Perspectives on Psychedelic Psychiatry addresses the fascinating philosophical questions raised by the renewed psychiatric use of psychedelics, with chapters from leading philosophers of mind, science, and psychiatry.

Inhalt

• 1: Introduction: philosophy and psychedelic psychiatry -Â Chris Letheby and Philip Gerrans

• SECTION ONE SELF AND MIND

• 2: Drug-induced body disownership - Raphaël Millière

• 3: The self as avatar: an active inference account of ego dissolution - Philip Gerrans

• 4: Disintegrating and reintegrating the self-(in)flexible self-models in depersonalization and psychedelic experiences - Anna Ciaunica and Adam Safron

• 5: Psychedelics: a window into perceptual processing - Berit Brogaard and Dimitria Electra Gatzia

• 6: Psychedelic visuals in context - Link Ray Swanson

• SECTION TWO SCIENCE AND PSYCHIATRY

• 7: Classic psychedelics in translational research: addressing epistemic challenges from bench to bedside - Jaipreet Mattu and Jacqueline Sullivan

• 8: Belief change and agnostic frames in psychedelic research and clinical contexts - David B. Yaden, Sandeep M. Nayak, and Roland R. Griffiths

• 9: The psychedelic experience: a new perspective, a new attitude towards the world - Virginia Ballesteros

• x Contents

• SECTION THREE ETHICS AND SPIRITUALITY

• 10: Psychedelics and moral psychology: the case of forgiveness - Samir Chopra and Chris Letheby

• 11: Psychedelics and naturalistic spirituality - Eric Steinhart

• 12: The enculturation problem - Thomas Metzinger