| Philosophy of Personal Identity and Multiple Personality Contributor(s): Gunnarsson, Logi (Author) |
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ISBN: 041580017X ISBN-13: 9780415800174 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Mind & Body - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Psychology | Personality |
| Dewey: 126 |
| LCCN: 2009006523 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.34" W x 9.24" (1.04 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 (the authorial correlate theory) and offers a provocative interpretation of multiple personality: in brief, multiples are right about the metaphysics but wrong about the facts. |