In this Handbook, philosophers from around the world address the metaphysics, epistemology, and value of psychoactive (mind-altering) drug use. In so doing, they attempt to answer questions such as: What does the fact of drug-induced mind-altering experiences tell us about natures of the mind, free will, and God? What does it tell us about what, and how, we can know? Are drug-induced mind-altering experiences valuable, morally, aesthetically, or otherwise? Is the acquisition of drug-induced mind-altering experiences ever immoral? Should the acquisition of drug-induced mind-altering experiences ever be legally prohibited? The Handbook gives an overview of the current research, and sets the stage for future directions in philosophical thought relating to psychoactive drug use.
Introduction.- Part I Metaphysics.- The Bergsonian Metaphysics Behind
Huxleys Doors.- Know Thy Non-Self: Meditation, Psychedelics, and Personal
Identity.- A Theurgical Interpretation of Drug Use.- Does God Know What Its
Like to Get High?.- Drug Addiction and Free Will: Theoretical and Practical
Considerations.- My Drug Buddy: Expectations and Company as Drug-Effect
Modulators.- How to End the Mysticism Wars in Psychedelic Science.- What Is
Medical Cannabis?.- Part II Epistemology.- The Epistemology of Psychedelic
Experience.- Can Psychedelic Experience Lead to Knowledge?.- On Acid
Empiricism.- Epistemic Character Change: Psychedelic Experiences as a Case
Study.- Whippet Good? William James, Nitrous Oxide, and the Ignition of the
Yes Function.- The Paradoxes of Psychedelic Humanities.- From Zerrissenheit
to Distributed Intelligence: On Recovery and Philosophy.- Part III Value.-
Higher And Lower Highs: Drug Pleasures and Mills Qualitative Hedonism.-
Meaning-of-Life Externalism: A Defense of Old-Fashioned Reality.- Might
Stoners Live Better Lives? Drug Use and Human Welfare.- The Psychedelic
Experience as an Ethical Experience.- Epiphanies and Aspirations: How
Psychedelic Experiences Affect Values.- Part IV Morality.- A Kantian Argument
for Recreational Drug Use.- Putting Oneself at Risk for the Fun of It: On
Drugs, Extreme Sports, and the Rational and Moral Permissibility of Engaging
in Risky Behavior.- Responsibility for Addiction: Risk, Value, and Reasonable
Foreseeability.- Therapist, Trip Sitter Or Guide? A Second-Person Perspective
on Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy.- Part V Law and Politics.- Why Harm
Reduction Programs Should Be Extended to Include Psychedelic Drugs.- Why
Should Drugs Be Decriminalized?.- A Case for Legalizing Recreational Drug
Use.- A Politics of Ecstasy: A Foucauldian Approach to Psychoactive
Substances.- Mixing the Barricade and the Dance Floor: Recovering Acid
Communism at Zabriskie Point.- Part VI Aesthetics.- The Aesthetics of Drugs.-
High Off the Sound: An Examination of the Druggy Aesthetic in Music.-
Psychedelic Transformation and Kantian Aesthetics.
Rob Lovering is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York College of Staten Island, USA. His previous books include God and Evidence: Problems for Theistic Philosophers (2013), A Moral Defense of Recreational Drug Use (2015), and A Moral Defense of Prostitution (2021).
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