ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND MORALITY: SIMILARITY OF EXISTENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Anna Vladimirovna Yaroslavtseva
Manuscript October 21, 2019 DOI: 10.30853/manuscript.2019.10.26 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Altered states of consciousness |
| Key points | Argues that altered states of consciousness and morality, traditionally studied separately, share similar existential functions, and proposes that analyzing a phenomenon's "existential functions" is warranted when it concerns the basics of human existence. |
Abstract
The article provides a comparative study of the existential functions of two everyday phenomena: altered states of consciousness and morality. If a habitual phenomenon concerns the basics of human existence, the problem of this phenomenon influence on human life, its “existential functions” becomes relevant. To compare the existential functions of altered states of consciousness and ethics, morality is of particular interest, since traditionally they have been considered separately. The analysis has allowed the author to identify the similarity of the existential functions of the phenomena under study.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on altered states of consciousness, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altered States of Consciousness | 1966 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Functional neuroanatomy of altered states of consciousness: The transient hypofrontality hypothesis | 2003 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Psychedelic Mystical Experience in the Human Encounter with Death | 1969 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| A neurophenomenological approach to non-ordinary states of consciousness: hypnosis, meditation, and psychedelics | 2022 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Hypnotic phenomena and altered states of consciousness: a multilevel framework of description and explanation | 2003 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |