Authors: Shaffer, Michael J.; Oakley, Jeffery S.
Source: Philosophical Psychology, Volume 18, Number 1, February 2005 , pp. 1-29(29)
Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
Abstract:
In this paper we argue that dissociative identity disorder (DID) is best interpreted as a causal model of a (possible) post-traumatic psychological process, as a mechanical model of an abnormal psychological condition. From this perspective we examine and criticize the evidential status of DID, and we demonstrate that there is really no good reason to believe that anyone has ever suffered from DID so understood. This is so because the proponents of DID violate basic methodological principles of good causal modeling. When every ounce of your concentration is fixed upon blasting a winged pig out of the sky, you do not question its species' ontological status. James Morrow, City of Truth (1990)Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1080/09515080500085338
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