Pharmaco-Analysis of Psychedelics—Philo-Fictions about New Materialism, Quantum Mechanics, Information Science, and the Philosophy of Immanence
Philosophies December 30, 2023 Stefan Paulus 1 citation
Psychedelic experiences are often forced into either a biological determinism that ignores subjective experience or a mystical/spiritual framework. This article analyzes those experiences through Deleuze and Guattari's pharmaco-analysis and Laruelle's non-philosophical philo-fictions, which allow for contradictory assumptions and hyperspeculations. The aim is to connect philo-fictions with psychedelic experiences and discuss them alongside models from information science, quantum mechanics, new materialism, and the philosophy of immanence. The result is an open synthesis that invites further reflection on agency, immanence, and the wholeness of matter.