The Authority and Politics of Epiphanic Experience

For Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie (ZEMO) – Journal for Ethics and Moral Philosophy. By invitation, not yet peer-reviewed or accepted. https://philpapers.org/archive/QUETAA-2.pdf

In response to Chappell’s work on epiphanies, the article first questions the normative authority of epiphanic experiences over more sober reflection, warning that their power can distort our values and lead to a kind of “transcendent ventriloquism” before challenging Chappell’s political solution of “conversational justice,” arguing that its rationalist constraints ultimately undermine the very experiential and emotional dimension that epiphanies were meant to champion.

authority, politics, epiphanies, experience, conceptual change, practical philosophy

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