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Philosophy of Personal Identity and Multiple Personality

Logi Gunnarsson

2.5/5 ( ratings)

As witnessed by recent films such as Fight Club and Identity, our culture is obsessed with multiple personality-a phenomenon raising intriguing questions about personal identity. This study offers both a full-fledged philosophical theory of personal identity and a systematic account of multiple personality. Gunnarsson combines the methods of analytic philosophy with close hermeneutic and phenomenological readings of cases from different fields, focusing on psychiatric and psychological treatises, self-help books, biographies, and fiction. He develops an original account of personal identity and offers a provocative interpretation of multiple personality: in brief, "multiples" are right about the metaphysics but wrong about the facts.

Language: English

Pages: 230

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Routledge

Release: July 01, 2009

ISBN: 041580017X

ISBN 13: 9780415800174

Philosophy of Personal Identity and Multiple Personality

Logi Gunnarsson

2.5/5 ( ratings)

As witnessed by recent films such as Fight Club and Identity, our culture is obsessed with multiple personality-a phenomenon raising intriguing questions about personal identity. This study offers both a full-fledged philosophical theory of personal identity and a systematic account of multiple personality. Gunnarsson combines the methods of analytic philosophy with close hermeneutic and phenomenological readings of cases from different fields, focusing on psychiatric and psychological treatises, self-help books, biographies, and fiction. He develops an original account of personal identity and offers a provocative interpretation of multiple personality: in brief, "multiples" are right about the metaphysics but wrong about the facts.

Language: English

Pages: 230

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Routledge

Release: July 01, 2009

ISBN: 041580017X

ISBN 13: 9780415800174

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