Dr. Bianca Bellini's research interests focus on Scheler's stance on personhood and Husserl's stance on imagination. Her interest in literature has led her to delve into the topic of the imaginary; her interest in individuality has led her to delve into the topic of self-shaping. She's been a guest researcher at the Husserl Archives in Leuven, has participated in several international conferences, and has contributed to a high number of publications giving her the opportunity to examine the phenomenological link between change and identity in self-shaping.
Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Fundamental Issue of Personal Individuality and its Significance.- Chapter 2. Theories on Personal Identity do not Solve the Fundamental Issue.- Chapter 3. Theories on Self-Imagination do not Solve the Fundamental Issue.- Chapter 4. What does my Self Consist in? A Multilayer Pattern of Personal Individuality.- Chapter 5. How the Multilayer Pattern Solves the Fundamental Issue. Self¬-Discovery and Readiness for Self-Reorchestration as Overriding Keys to Self-Shaping.- Chapter 6. Exemplariness as the Key to my Self-Possibilities.- Chapter 7. Exemplariness in Comparison with Other Modes of Influence.- Chapter 8. Availability to Self-Reorchestration: A Panoramic View on Life and the Role of the Imaginary in Self-Shaping.- Chapter 9. When Availability to Self-Reorchestration is not Enough.- Concluding Remarks. The Transcendence of Personal Individuality.- Bibliography.