Posted by alexandra_k on September 14, 2004, at 21:30:02
The essential feature of Dissociative Identity Disorder is the presence of two or more alternative identities associated with a single body. One of the most controversial issues that arises from this is how we are best to conceive of alternative identities. Within contemporary psychology and psychiatry two rival models have emerged as dominant theoretical positions. While they are typically considered to be mutually exclusive I shall attempt to recast the problem of alters in a way that is fairly neutral between them. This will involve a new application of a philosophical model of mind known as intentional systems theory. Intentional systems theory acknowledges that there may be a degree of indeterminacy with respect to what intentional state a system is in. If we conceive of alters or selves as a certain kind of complex intentional system, then it seems plausible that there may arise a similar phenomenon of system indeterminacy. The problem of alters may thus be re-conceptualised as the problem as whether to adopt a single or multiple systems interpretation of these subjects behaviour.
http://essays.freewebpages.org/System%20indeterminacy%20and%20interpretive%20constraints.doc
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