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By Logi Gunnarsson

As witnessed through contemporary movies reminiscent of Fight Club and Identity, our tradition is captivated with a number of personality—a phenomenon elevating exciting questions on own identification. This learn bargains either a full-fledged philosophical concept of private identification and a scientific account of a number of character. Gunnarsson combines the tools of analytic philosophy with shut hermeneutic and phenomenological readings of circumstances from varied fields, concentrating on psychiatric and mental treatises, self-help books, biographies, and fiction. He develops an unique account of non-public identification (the authorial correlate conception) and gives a provocative interpretation of a number of character: in short, "multiples" are correct in regards to the metaphysics yet improper concerning the facts.

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