1: Becoming a Vampire
2: Transformative Choice
3: Life Choices
4: The Shock of the New
Afterword: Decision Making
Index
L. A. Paul is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Professorial Fellow at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland
L.A. Paul's Transformative Experience is one of the best kinds of
philosophy books ... [it] has already received well-deserved public
and philosophical attention, and should inspire research for years
to come.
*Marcus Arvan, Australasian Journal of Philosophy*
This book offers a very rigorous account of the notions of
transformative experience and rationally moving into the future ...
Recommended.
*Choice*
rich and thought-provoking ... Paul's book has proved enormously
influential, and rightly so. The challenges that it presents to
accounts of decision-making are deep, yet presented in a way that
makes them accessible to a wide range of researchers and to those
outside the academy. It has already succeeded in creating
fascinating and productive discussions amongst philosophers of
psychology, theorists of value, ethicists, formal epistemologists,
political philosophers, philosophers of race, and feminist
philosophers; moreover, it has brought researchers in psychology
and economics into the debate as well. This is a rare achievement
and one for which this book should be widely applauded.
*Richard Pettigrew, Mind*
Transformative Experience hits the sweet spot: Its a significant
scholarly work, bearing on deep philosophical issues, but its also
engaging and accessible.
*Paul Bloom, Yale University*
It's a provocative, enticing book. It's an enjoyable read,
accessible to both specialists in philosophy and non-philosophers.
In fact, I teach it in my introductory philosophy classes. ... her
work has sparked an explosion of interesting research
*Rachel McKinnon, Philosopher's Magazine*
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