Jasper Gibson

Feb 26, 2024 | fivebooks.com | R. D. Laing |Shelley Adler |Jasper Gibson

Before we look at the books you’ve chosen to recommend, I think we need a definition of ‘hallucination.’ It’s a more complex and contested term than a lot of people realise, isn’t it? Absolutely. The classic definition of hallucination is that you’re having a sensory or perceptual experience without a corresponding external stimulus: there’s not something out there in the world to produce the sensory experience you’re having right now.