Mysticism and Epistemology
D. Z. Phillips, The Society Of Christian Philosophers
Faith and Philosophy 1995 DOI: 10.5840/faithphil199512214 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Mysticism |
| Key points | Argues that confusions between forms of life and judgements within them lead Pike, Mavrodes, and Katz to conclusions that obscure the confessional character of truth in discussions of mystical experience. |
Abstract
St. Teresa worried over the genuineness of her mystical experience.Her worries have sense within a form of life.Pike argues that her claims must be downgraded if no justification of the form of life can be given.The Devil could deceive us about any justification, Mavrodes argues, but certain experiences can be self-authenticating.Treating forms of life as though they were interpretations, Katz concludes that we must be agnostic about their truth.The paper argues that confusions between forms of life and judgements within them lead these authors to conclusions which obscure the confessional character of truth in these contexts.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on mysticism, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The mystical mind: probing the biology of religious experience | 2000 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Religious and Mystical Experiences as Artifacts of Temporal Lobe Function: A General Hypothesis | 1983 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Problem of Pure Consciousness: Mysticism and Philosophy | 1993 | Edited collection of essays | |
| Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century | 2020 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mysticism and schizophrenia: A phenomenological exploration of the structure of consciousness in the schizophrenia spectrum disorders. | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |