Table of Contents

1: Becoming a Vampire
2: Transformative Choice
3: Life Choices
4: The Shock of the New
Afterword: Decision Making
Index

About the Author

L. A. Paul received her PhD from Princeton in 1999, and taught at Yale and the University of Arizona before coming to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a Professorial Fellow at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

Reviews

`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
`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
`a rich, insightful, compelling book.'
Elizabeth Barnes, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
`This book offers a very rigorous account of the notions of transformative experience and rationally moving into the future . . . Recommended.'
Choice
`Transformative Experience hits the sweet spot: it's a significant scholarly work, bearing on deep philosophical issues, but its also engaging and accessible.'
Paul Bloom, Yale University