Multiple Self

By Jon Elster

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521346835
• ISBN13: 9780521346832
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"