How Can the Self Understand Itself? A Review of Models of the Self Edited by Shaun Gallacher and Jonathan Shear

The self has been debated about ever since the emergence of philosphy in classical antiquity, and more recently has become the subject of intense study in the understanding and possible amelioration of mental diseases such as schizophrenia. An effective model of the self is needed to understand the breakdown of inner experience and its relation to content in such mental diseases, and how this might be reversed. This book is full of important insights into the self which will play a role in future development of such understanding. Its appearance shows that there is progress in our understanding of that subtle component of our experience: it is an important contribution to the literature