Mysticism and Religious Experience

Jerome Gellman

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Mysticism and Religious Experience

Jerome Gellman

Department of Philosophy

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This chapter discusses (1) wide and narrow definitions of "mystical experience" and of "religious experience"; (2) categories and attributes of mystical experience; (3) perennialism vs. constructivism; (4) on the possibility of experiencing God; (5) epistemology: The doxastic practice approach and the argument from perception; (6) criticisms of the doxastic practice approach and the argument from perception; (7) religious diversity; (8) naturalistic explanations; and (9) mysticism, religious experience, and gender.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199835348
ISBN (Print)	9780195138092
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/0195138090.003.0007
State	Published - 20 Apr 2005

Keywords

Argument from perception
Constructivism
Doxastic practice approach
Gender
Mystical experience
Naturalistic explanations
Perennialism
Religious diversity
Religious experience

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General Arts and Humanities

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