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

Elster, Jon

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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.

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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.

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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.

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