Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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2 papers

It Must be True – But How Can it Be? Some Remarks on Panpsychism and Mental Composition

Pierfrancesco Basile

This paper reviews panpsychism, the idea that experience or mind is a basic feature of reality. It says the view has a very long history and has gained more attention from analytic philosophers recently. The author argues there are good prima facie reasons to take panpsychism seriously, but highlights a…

Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs Philosophy and Theoretical Science Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

Classification schemes of altered states of consciousness

Fort Larry Douglas, Costines Cyril, Wittmann Marc, Athéna Demertzi, Schmidt Timo Torsten

This paper reviews how scientists have tried to sort and name altered states of consciousness—short, noticeable changes in how you feel and think compared to normal waking life. The authors group past systems into three types: ones that classify by what the experience feels like, ones that classify by how…

Biofield Effects and Biophysics Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs Psychedelics and Drug Studies Ketamine MDMA
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