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Jason Michael Reynolds

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Mechanism and Meaning: A Narrative Model for Religious Experience in Psychiatry

Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology July 1, 2026 Jason Michael Reynolds

Psychiatry’s approach to religiously framed psychotic experiences reflects unresolved philosophical tensions inherited from Kant’s distinction between nature and freedom. Reductionism collapses meaning into mechanism, perpetuating epistemic injustice; dual-validity recognizes both neurobiological and spiritual interpretations but lacks implementation frameworks. This article traces the impasse...