Multiple Self

ISBN-13: 9780521346832 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 280 str.

Jon Elster

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"This is a very fine and informative book. Each chapter is written in a clear and relatively accessible manner by an established and sometimes illustrious specialist in his or her own discipline. The book as a whole is well-edited and introduced by Elster." Clio

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction Jon Elster; 1. Selfdeception and the voter's illusion George A. Quattrone and Amos Tversky; 2. The goals and strategies of self-deception David Pears; 3. Deception and division Donald Davidson; 4. Deception and self-deception in Stendhal Jon Elster; 5. Self-deception, akrasia and irrationality Amélie Oksenberg Rorty; 6. Beyond microeconomics George Ainslie; 7. The mind as a consuming organ Thomas Schelling; 8. Goethe's Faust, Arrow's possibility theorem and the individual decision-taker Ian Steedman and Ulrich Krause; 9. The Buddhist theory of 'no-self' Serge-Christophe Kolm; Index of names.