Philip Gerrans

Professor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide

Philip Gerrans is a professor of philosophy at the University of Adelaide in Australia and an associate of the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences in Geneva, Switzerland. His latest book is The Measure of Madness: Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Delusional Thought (2014).

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Written by Philip Gerrans

Two men in traditional attire sitting in low light, one holding a plant and the other with hands clasped on his lap.

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Consciousness and altered states

Model hallucinations

Psychedelics have a remarkable capacity to violate our ideas about ourselves. Is that why they make people better?

Philip Gerrans & Chris Letheby