Corresponding to the various divisions within the person, we come to have a number of views of ourselves. For example, the views of the inner friend and the critic are likely to be different. This divergence of opinion provides the possibility of a more balanced view of ourselves. Or, if we are less fortunate, one such partial view may become the dominant one. This paper has dealt in a preliminary way with only a single problem in the phenomenology of the personality, namely that of the experienced multiplicity of the self.
Many additional problems remain to be studied.
Many aspects of the phenomenology of motivation and of the emotions likewise suggest themselves as ripe for study. Summary This paper has dealt with a problem in the phenomenology of the personality, namely that of the experienced multiplicity of the self. These act with reference to each other, even if not always in harmony, and ordinarily no more than two or possible three such aspects of the self are experienced at any given moment. In addition to calling attention to a neglected body of data about the personality, this approach seems to clarify a number of problems in the psychology of personality. Since developmental problems have not been discussed here, only the former set of relations has been considered.