Simmons: I think he's also struggling with himself here because he is saying like I have the same problem of skepticism with all of these separate experiences as well. He says open any one of these and you will find abundant cases in which mystical ideas are cited as characteristic symptoms of enfeebled or deluded state of minds. "I don't see any overwhelming body of evidence that would lead me to to trust these as a general category of insight sure"
David and Tamler talk about William James’ chapter on mysticism from his book "Varieties of Religious Experience." What defines a mystical experience? Why do they defy expression and yet feel like a state of knowledge, a glimpse into the window of some undiscovered aspect of reality? Is Tamler right that David has a little mystic inside of him just waiting to burst forth from his breast?
Plus – another edition of VBW does conceptual analysis and we’re sticking with ‘c’ words – this time the definitive theory of ‘creepy.’
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