# The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Psychoactive Drug Use ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/media/reader/parsed_document_assets/367075712/32ArjNTfRtovyNvXNFQa727NnrODEcmU0aPpbkgDZfg-Aima_OYbMryS.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Rob Lovering]] - Full Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Psychoactive Drug Use - Category: #books - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: The book examines philosophical questions about psychoactive drug use across metaphysics, knowledge, value, morality, law, politics, and aesthetics. Psychedelics can change beliefs about the self and world, not just perception, and can alter a user's intellectual character. These changes can spark epiphanies, boost moral motivation and well‑being, and have wide ethical and social effects. ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > I will suggest that the aesthetics of some drugs, such as LSD, is an exclusively self-reflective aesthetics, one in which the primary object of appreciation is the alteration and undermining of one’s own cognitive faculties. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k60dbywtpebm5p7fmww5xca4))