An intermediate space seems to be constituted by the "spiritual but not religious", which we will consider from the angle of its implications in the field of health. We study experiences of the "wildly sacred," particularly at the frontiers of death: near-death experiences, terminal lucidity and necrophany. Presented in spontaneous forms or induced in experimental devices, these experiences are...
Comparison of the James’ and Russell’s criteria for the specificity of mysticism, in respectively Varieties of Religious Experience and Mysticism and Logic. Insistence is made on the James distinction between ineffability and effability. Russell’s position on the cognitive and emotive content of mystical experience is discussed. Baruzi discussion concerning Bergson’s conception of mysticism is...
La question de la justification pragmatiste de la verite des croyances religieuses apparait chez James des 1898 en tant que theorie alternative a la theorie royceenne de l’absolu. Reprise en 1902 dans The Varieties of Religious Experience, cette justification pragmatiste echoue pourtant a rendre compte correctement de la possible verite des croyances religieuses et, en derniere instance, a...