The Multiple Self (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521260337 ISBN 13: 9780521260336

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1986

Synopsis

The essays in this volume consider the question of whether the self is a unity or whether it should be conceived without metaphor as divided--as a "multiple self." The issue is a central one for several disciplines. It bears directly on the account of rationality and the explanation of individual decision-making and behavior. Is the hypothesis of a multiple self required to deal with the problems of self-deception and weakness of will; and can the conceptual tools developed in the study of interpersonal conflict be applied to the analysis of intra-personal struggle? The essays, by a number of leading philosophers, psychologists, and economists, were all commissioned for this volume.

About this title

Book Description:

Considers how the hypotheses of a multiple self can deal with the problems of self-deception and weakness of will and how the conceptual tools developed in the study of interpersonal conflict can be applied.

From the Back Cover:

The essays in this volume consider the question of whether the self is a unity or whether it should be conceived without metaphor as divided - as a 'multiple self'. The issue is a central one for several disciplines. It bears directly on the account of rationality and the explanation of individual decision-making and behavior.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0521260337
• ISBN 13: 9780521260336
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 278
• Editor: Elster Jon