A Paradigm for the Study of Altered States of Consciousness
The British Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 October 1968
Julian Silverman, Wolfgang Köhler
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Abstract
“When man experiences that certain sequences of mental events lead to behavior which has, as a matter of fact, survival value, he calls such mental facts ‘right’. It would be better, however, if instead of this word some neutral symbol were being used for those particular events; because the word ‘right’ leads to the unfortunate notion that some combinations of mental facts are intrinsically better than others. …”
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