William James · 1817
A philosophical and psychological study examining the nature of religious and mystical experiences.
Michael Pollan points out that William James highlights how we cannot judge the truth value of mystical experiences because we do not know enough.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“and I read William James, who talks about mystical experiences in varieties of religious experience. And he said, we can't judge the truth value of these things because we don't know enough.”
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