Dr Chris Letheby is a philosopher of mind and cognitive science, working on issues arising from the use of psychedelic drugs in psychiatry and neuroscience. His doctoral research, conducted at the University of Adelaide, presented the first systematic analysis of psychedelic experience within the framework of 21st century philosophy of cognitive science. He is currently (2018-2021) Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Western Australia and (2019-2022) Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Adelaide on the ARC-funded project 'Philosophical Perspectives on Psychedelic Psychiatry'. His monograph 'Philosophy of Psychedelics: Naturalism and Psychiatric Mysticism' is under contract with Oxford University Press.

Chris Letheby's research interests include: the epistemic status of psychedelic experience and altered states of consciousness; naturalistic accounts of spirituality and mysticism; the nature of self-representation and the possibility of selfless consciousness; predictive processing theories of cognition and self-awareness; the role of self-representation in psychiatric disorder and its treatment; the implications of psychedelic therapy for philosophy of psychiatry; conceptual and methodological issues in psychedelic science; the relationship of psychology and neuroscience; the nature of explanation in the mind and brain sciences; and the connections between psychedelics and meditation.

2020:
PHIL2006 Philosophy of Psychology and Psychiatry
PHIL2007 Knowledge and the Justification of Belief

2019:
PHIL2005 Exploring the Nature of Science
PHIL2006 Philosophy of Psychology and Psychiatry

2018:
PHIL2005 Exploring the Nature of Science
PHIL1003 God, Mind and Knowledge (lectures only)