Can metaphysics inform psychedelics? | Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes

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Join philosopher at the University of Exeter, Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes to explore the philosophy of psychedelics.

This is a short excerpt from the full course The Philosophy of Psychedelic savailable on IAI TV: https://iai.tv/iai-academy/courses/info?course=the-philosophy-of-psychedelics

It's time to take psychedelics, and the experiences they produce, seriously. They have historical, ethical, aesthetic and metaphysical significance, and are revolutionising western culture. Join philosopher at the University of Exeter, Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes to explore the philosophy of psychedelics.

Could the novel qualia induced by psychedelics be relevant to metaphysics?

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Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a leading psychedelic philosopher and philosopher of mind who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, and Spinoza, and in fields pertaining to panpsychism and altered states of mind. Peter is the author of 'Noumenautics', 'Modes of Sentience' and co-editor and contributor of Bloomsbury’s Philosophy and Psychedelics (2022). Furthermore, Peter is a TEDx Talker on ‘psychedelics and consciousness’.

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