Devotion and the Opacity of Grief
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Grief is typically an epistemically opaque experience, such that the character of any given grief episode cannot be predicted in advance. We might wish otherwise, on the grounds that were grief not epistemically opaque, we could bring to bear extant knowledge about grief to mitigate or eliminate the suffering associated with it. Surprisingly, we should be glad that grief is epistemically opaque. For were it not, the devotion that lends much of our central personal relationships their importance would be undermined.
Author: Michael Cholbi
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,947
OpenAlex ID: W7165111141