Mazviita Chirimuuta’s The Brain Abstracted (2024) is a fascinating intervention into the philosophy of mind and neuroscience, containing deeply interesting ideas and arguments. Our aim is to critically probe whether Haptic Realism is neutral on some substantive issues which Chirimuuta would like it to be neutral on. Firstly, it is unclear whether Haptic Realism is compatible with Chirimuuta’s...
According to the CDO, the reason the use of psychedelic drugs seems to have long-term, beneficial epistemic effects on the user is that it leads the user to form false or irrational beliefs. Letheby argues against the CDO by showing that said effects do not require that the user form false or irrational beliefs. Though Lyons agrees with Letheby that long-term, beneficial epistemic effects on...