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When a patient suffers dementia or brain injury, they lose their Idem (memory, consistency). Do they lose their Self? Ricoeur would argue their Ipse identity remains intact through the narratives told by their loved ones and their remaining relationships.
Ricoeur lists four fundamental capacities of the self, all of which can be impaired (e.g., by trauma or ideology): paul ricoeur oneself as another pdf
If you cannot get the primary PDF, search for: When a patient suffers dementia or brain injury,
Why is the book titled Oneself as Another ? This is the dialectical pivot of the work. they lose their Idem (memory
When a patient suffers dementia or brain injury, they lose their Idem (memory, consistency). Do they lose their Self? Ricoeur would argue their Ipse identity remains intact through the narratives told by their loved ones and their remaining relationships.
Ricoeur lists four fundamental capacities of the self, all of which can be impaired (e.g., by trauma or ideology):
If you cannot get the primary PDF, search for:
Why is the book titled Oneself as Another ? This is the dialectical pivot of the work.