Serotonergic (or “classic”) psychedelics have struck many researchers as raising significant philosophical questions that, until recently, were largely unexplored by academic philosophers. In this talk, based on collaborative work with Jaipreet Mattu (University of Western Ontario), I will give an overview of four emerging lines of research at the intersection of academic philosophy and psychedelic science: selfless consciousness, psychedelic epistemology, psychedelic ethics, and spiritual/religious naturalism. In the past decade, philosophers have debated issues concerning: (i) psychedelics and self-consciousness; (ii) the epistemic profile of the psychedelic experience; (iii) the ethics of psychedelics use; and (iv) whether spiritual or religious dimensions of psychedelic use are compatible with a naturalistic worldview.
