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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Main Author: Shear, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2004
In: Sophia
Year: 2004, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-99
Further subjects:B Empirical Content
B Mystical Experience
B Objective World
B Transcendental Meditation
B Methodological Naturalism
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