Mysticism and scientific naturalism

How, from a scientific standpoint, should we understand mystical experiences? On the one hand such experiences are obviously capable of being studied scientifically. Nevertheless there is a sense in which such experiences often seem strongly opposed to our ordinary scientific views of reality, for t...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Shear, Jonathan (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: Springer Netherlands 2004
Στο/Στη: Sophia
Έτος: 2004, Τόμος: 43, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 83-99
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Empirical Content
B Mystical Experience
B Objective World
B Transcendental Meditation
B Methodological Naturalism
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Σύνοψη:How, from a scientific standpoint, should we understand mystical experiences? On the one hand such experiences are obviously capable of being studied scientifically. Nevertheless there is a sense in which such experiences often seem strongly opposed to our ordinary scientific views of reality, for they often seem to point to a domain quite outside that examined by naturalistic empirical science. Indeed, this is often precisely what seems to be ‘mystical’ about them. The present essay takes a hard look at specific question of the possible significance of these experiences for scientific naturalism.
ISSN:1873-930X
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF02782439