How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins Bres Helena de
How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins Bres Helena de Philosopher Helena de Bres uses the curious, wondrous, uncanny experience of being a twin as a lens for reconsidering our place in the…
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How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins Bres Helena de
Philosopher Helena de Bres uses the curious, wondrous, uncanny experience of being a twin as a lens for reconsidering our place in the world, with illustrations by her identical twin Julia.Wait, are you you, or are you the other one? Have you ever switched partners? Which is the evil twin?
Twins get asked the weirdest questions by strangers, loved ones, even themselves. Can you read each other's mind? For Helena de Bres, a twin and philosophy professor, these questions were never far from philosophy's most unnerving unknowns.
What makes someone themself rather than someone else? Can one person be housed in two bodies? What does perfect love look like?
Can we really act freely? When does wonder morph into objectification?Accompanied by her own twin Julia's drawings, Helena uses twinhood to rethink the limits of