Epiphanies

An Ethics of Experience

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvSophie Grace Chappell

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Epiphanies is a philosophical exploration of epiphanies, peak experiences, 'wow moments', or ecstasies as they are sometimes called.What are epiphanies, and why do so many people so frequently experience them? Are they just transient phenomena in our brains, or are they the revelations of objective value that they very often seem to be? What do they tell us about the world, and about ourselves? How, if at all, do epiphanies fit in with our moral systems and our theories of how to live? And how do epiphanic experiences fit in with the rest of our lives?These are Sophie Grace Chappell's questions in this ground-breaking new study of an area of inquiry that has always been right under our noses, but remains surprisingly under-explored in contemporary philosophy.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-05
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor464
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780197931196

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Sophie Grace Chappell has been Professor of Philosophy at the Open University since 2006, and Executive Editor of The Philosophical Quarterly since 2021. Her books include Aristotle and Augustine on Freedom (Macmillan, 1995), Understanding Human Goods (Edinburgh University Press, 2003), The Inescapable Self (Orion, 2005), Reading Plato’s Theaetetus (Hackett, 2005), Ethics and Experience (Acumen, 2009), Knowing What to Do (Oxford University Press, 2014), Epiphanies (Oxford University Press, 2022), A Philosopher Looks At Friendship (Cambridge University Press, 2024), and Trans Figured: How to survive as a transgender person in a cisgender world (Polity Press, 2024). She is a published poet (Songs For Winter Rain, Ellipsis Imprints 2021, and Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, Ellipsis Imprints 2022) and an active mountaineer, mainly in Scotland.

Sophie-Grace Chappell's exuberantly insightful essay makes a deeply persuasive case for re-setting the terms of moral philosophy. Chappell is interested in our ability to be interrupted. Epiphany, by definition, can't be normalized; but we can work at sustaining and reinforcing a culture that better understands that we are always becoming different subjects. The task is to allow the epiphany to form and educate as well as shock, so that our sense of the unseen dimensions beyond our localized perspective gradually alters how we see our world.