2023
DOI: 10.1037/teo0000210
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An empirically controlled metaphysics in a science of spirituality—Is something real happening?

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to explore issues bearing on the question of the ontological reality of a certain category of exceptional human experiences. After briefly discussing the problem of metaphysics in a science of spirituality, I examine the supernatural nature of the natural and explain why normal science is not prohibited from evaluating supernatural claims. I then discuss how personal experience as a type of knowledge serves a heuristic function in the testing of metaphysical hypotheses by pointin… Show more

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