Commentary on Epiphanies: Epiphanic Empires
Abstract
Chappell provides a comprehensive ethical vision by reflecting on the nature of epiphanies. I suggest that two aspects of that vision, (1) the anti-theoretic impulse and (2) the republic of conversation, are in tension with the fact that our epiphanies are often imperious: they purport to authoritatively dictate normative reality to us.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Epistemology
Ethics
and Metaphysics
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Philosophy of Emotion
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 16–23
- Publication date
- 15 January 2026
- Language
- EN