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PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLORATIONS
卷 25, 期 3, 页码 269-289出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13869795.2022.2051592
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Self-ambiguity; self-illness ambiguity; self; mental disorder; narrative
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [419046236]
The article provides a conceptualization of self(-illness) ambiguity and argues that it is a ubiquitous phenomenon. Self-ambiguity is best explained by a multidimensional account, where any change to a self-aspect may lead to overall self-ambiguity. Self-ambiguity comes in degrees and complexity is the most useful dimension to organize cases of self-ambiguity.
The article provides a conceptualization of self(-illness) ambiguity and investigates to what extent self(-illness) ambiguity is 'special'. First, we draw on empirical findings to argue that self-ambiguity is a ubiquitous phenomenon. We suggest that these findings are best explained by a multidimensional account, according to which selves consist of various dimensions that mutually affect each other. On such an account, any change to any particular self-aspect may change other self-aspects and thereby alter the overall structural pattern of self-aspects, potentially leading to self-ambiguity. Second, we propose that self-ambiguity comes in degrees and should be understood as a spectrum (as opposed to there being qualitative differences among instances of self-ambiguity). Third, we argue that complexity is the most useful dimension to organize cases of self-ambiguity, with mundane instances of self-ambiguity on the one end and self-illness ambiguity on the other end of the spectrum. Fourth, we address the promises and perils of narrativity with regard to self-ambiguity. Finally, we link our deflationary account of self(-illness) ambiguity to pattern theories of self.
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