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Agency-First Epistemology of Psychedelics

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Letheby’s book is an engaging and crystal-clear exploration of the philosophical issues raised by the use of psychedelic drugs. In this paper, we focus on the epistemological issues Letheby examines in chapter 8 and argue that his analysis requires an agency-first approach to epistemic evaluation. On an agency-first approach, epistemic evaluation is about identifying the skills agents needs to acquire in order to pursue and fulfil their epistemic goals.

Source: Philosophy and the Mind Sciences

DOI: 10.33735/phimisci.2022.9283

Authors: Lisa Bortolotti, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies

Institution: University of Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4224245688

FWCI: 6.11

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Cited by: 4

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