Anosognosia, Schizophrenia, and Multiplicity
Oxford University Press eBooks October 28, 2010 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199215386.003.0007 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that despite apparent disruptions in specific aspects of the unity of consciousness in anosognosia, schizophrenia, and Dissociative Identity Disorder, consciousness remains fundamentally unified in each condition. |
Abstract
This chapter examines three disorders of consciousness that are frequently said to involve breakdowns in the unity of consciousness: anosognosia, schizophrenia and Dissociative Identity Disorder (‘mulitiplicity’). There is some truth in such claims for in each of these conditions certain aspects of the unity of consciousness are impaired: in anosognosia we see a breakdown in the normal unity between introspection and consciousness; in the schizophrenia we see a disruption to aspects of the narrative and agentive unity of consciousness; and in Dissociative Identity Disorder we see an even more profound break‐down in the unity of self‐consciousness. However, this chapter argues that consciousness remains fundamentally unified in each of these conditions.