First Person Plural: Multiple Personality and the Philosophy of Mind
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Book Overview
Do people with multiple personalities have more than one self? The first full-length philosophical study of multiple personality disorder, First Person Plural maintains that even the deeply divided multiple personality contains an underlying psychological unity. Braude updates his work in this revised edition to discuss recent empirical and conceptual developments, including the charge that clinicians induce false memories in their patients, and the professional redefinition of "multiple personality disorder" as "dissociative identity disorder."
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0847679969
ISBN13:9780847679966
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Length:330 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Braude used this title first!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Dr. Braude's book is a thoughtful discussion of philosophical issuesconcerning the concept of multiple personality disorder (ordissociative identity disorder). He also distinguishes between MPD andrelated but distinct conditions such as hypnotic trance and mediumship. The final chapter is a blistering and soundly reasoned attack on the logical blunders committed by some of the prominent people who claim the existence of a "false memory syndrome." The fact that this book was written by a philosopher should not lead the reader to view Dr. Braude as a "dissociation dilettante." He is quite familiar with the clinical literature on DID, and he has a rich understanding of the experiences that people with DID describe. Dr. Braude's book is a unique contribution to the literature on dissociative disorders.
Fascinating philosophical discussion...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This book provides in-depth information for readers interested in expanding their knowledge of multiple personality. "First Person Plural" is interesting in its own right but also it's a valuable complement to the more clinically focused literature on the subject. The author includes an extensive bibliography.
Makes you think
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
An informative and thought-provoking study of multiple personality. Not always an easy read philosophically, but it makes an interesting case for the unity of consciousness underlying dissociation.
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