BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260605T050557Z
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230509T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230509T120000
SUMMARY:Psychedelic Neuroexistentialism
UID:20260607T045027Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm
TZID:Europe/London
DESCRIPTION:<p>Please note that this talk is at 11am-12pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.</p>\n<p><strong>Description:</strong>&nbsp\;Evidence suggests that psychedelic experiences can durably reduce fear of death\, and some researchers think this effect is central to their increasingly well-attested therapeutic potential. But we do not yet know how these experiences reduce fear of death. The issues here are both mechanistic and epistemological. Is psychedelic therapy &ldquo\;simply foisting a comforting delusion on the sick and dying&rdquo\;\, as Michael Pollan wondered? Or does it work by inducing genuine insights? Or\, perhaps\, by some completely different mechanism altogether &ndash\; one that is non-doxastic or even non-cognitive? Various theories of psychedelic therapy have been proposed\, but most have had little to say specifically about reductions in fear of death. This is a significant omission because such reductions are (i) some of psychedelics&rsquo\; best-established therapeutic effects and (ii) some of the hardest for many theories to explain. I will use reductions in fear of death as a test case for prominent theories of psychedelic therapy. The aim is to improve our understanding not only of psychedelics&rsquo\; potential in psychiatric treatment\, but also of their possible role(s) in the &ldquo\;neuroexistentialist&rdquo\; project described by Flanagan and Caruso: the use of research in the mind and brain sciences to find viable solutions to a putative new wave of existential anxiety attributed to advances in the mind and brain sciences.<strong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Zoom link</strong>: Please click this URL to start or join. https://monash.zoom.us/j/81345113986?pwd=QnBXdzkrYWRrbGloN1dYb3NrSzlqZz09&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Or\, go to https://monash.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 813 4511 3986&nbsp\;&nbsp\;and passcode: 052541</p>\n<p>Ensure your device has a dedicated microphone and webcam.</p>\n<p>**Please do not share these details with those not on the participant list**</p>\n<p>Join from a Video capable room system(H.323/SIP):&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Dial:</p>\n<p>61262227588 (From within Monash only)&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>or:</p>\n<p>103.122.166.55 (IP) or</p>\n<p>zmau.us (Backup)</p>\n<p>Meeting ID: 813 4511 3986&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Passcode: 052541</p>
ORGANIZER:
METHOD:PUBLISH
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR