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Biography
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 is forthcoming with Oxford University Press (2021) in the series 'International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry'.
Teaching overview
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)
Education/Academic qualification
Philosophy, PhD, University of Adelaide
Award Date: 9 Mar 2017
External positions
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Adelaide
15 Apr 2019 → 14 Apr 2022
Research expertise keywords
- Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of psychiatry
- Psychedelics
- Philosophy of mind
- Psilocybin
- LSD
- Hallucinogens
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Psychedelics and meditation: a neurophilosophical perspective
Letheby, C., 2022, (Accepted/In press) The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Meditation. Repetti, R. (ed.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
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Philosophy of Psychedelics
Letheby, C., Aug 2021, Oxford University Press. 261 p. (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Being for no-one: Psychedelic experience and minimal subjectivity
Letheby, C., 20 Feb 2020, In: Philosophy and the Mind Sciences. 1, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Psychedelic experience and the narrative self: An exploratory qualitative study
Amada, N., Lea, T., Letheby, C. & Shane, J., 2020, In: Journal of Consciousness Studies. 27, 9-10, p. 6-33 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The varieties of psychedelic epistemology
Letheby, C., Nov 2019, Psychedelicacies: more food for thought from Breaking Convention. Wyrd, N., Luke, D., Tollan, A., Adams, C. & King, D. (eds.). Strange Attractor PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
Open AccessFile172 Downloads (Pure)