Book · 2014 · Philosophy
Transformative Experience
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- podcasts
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- episodes
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L. A. Paul, her book Transformative Experience, where we talked about the vampire problem, which is about the challenge that once you make a decision often you enter a state that's radically different.
What they say about it
- Discusses book concepts“in the book I talk about”2
The best things said about it
L.A. Paul's is Transformative Experience. Great books.
Who gave me a copy of your book, Transformative Experience.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Feb 2025 In the book I talk about epistemic revelation and epistemic transformation.
In the book I talk about having a certain kind of epistemic humility again humility about like what we can do and what we can't.
In the book I say that I think we need to recognize the value of revelation.
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Why people recommend it
Transformative Experience by L.A. Paul is a philosophical exploration of major life choices and how undergoing radically new experiences changes a person's identity and understanding. Russ Roberts recommended the book on EconTalk, noting that it profoundly inspired his own work along with the corresponding podcast interview. Tim Ferriss also discussed the text on The Tim Ferriss Show, crediting a colleague at Harvard Business School for giving him a copy and reflecting on how the book originated from Paul's earlier working paper about what to expect when expecting. During an extensive interview on EconTalk, L.A. Paul and Russ Roberts explored the conceptual foundations of the book, addressing the famous vampire problem, epistemic revelation and transformation, and the necessity of epistemic humility when confronting decisions that permanently alter one's perspective and emotional landscape.
Every mention
Russ Roberts I should have mentioned the names of their books that I read and that inspired me along with the interviews… 4
“I should have mentioned the names of their books that I read and that inspired me along with the interviews. Agnes Callard's book is Aspiration, and L.A. Paul's is Transformative Experience. Great books.”
“And L. A. Paul, uh her book Transformative Experiences, where we talked about the vampire problem, which is about the challenge that once you make a decision often you enter a state that's radically different.”
“her latest book and the subject of today's conversation is transformative experience”
“my guest today has been Laura Paul her book is transformative experience”
L.A. Paul ordinarily when you're looking at evidence you need to know that it applies to people like you in the book… 5
“ordinarily when you're looking at evidence you need to know that it applies to people like you in the book I didn't even like I tried to kind of allied that issue”
“in the book I talk about epistemic revelation and epistemic transformation”
“I mean in the book I talk about having a certain kind of epistemic humility again humility about like what we can do and what we can't”
“in my new book which is not published yet I I have a discussion about religious transformation and because I do think that that is also a transformative experience”
“but in the book I say that I think we need to recognize the value of revelation”
Tim Ferriss And I just want to give credit where credit is due to a lovely Austrian woman who's now at HBS, Harvard Bus… 2
“And I just want to give credit where credit is due to a lovely Austrian woman who's now at HBS, Harvard Business School, who gave me a copy of your book, Transformative Experience.”
“the transformative experience grew out of as I understand it a working paper titled what you can't expect when you're expecting”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“The book Transformative Experience was not written for non-philosophers.”