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In Praise of Ambivalence Autoimmune Disorders Descartes's Fictions traces common movementsAmbivalence is a form of inner volitional conflict that we experience as being irresolvable without significant cost. Because of this, very few of us relish feelings of ambivalence. Yet for many in the Western philosophical tradition, ambivalence is not simply an unappealing experience that's hard to manage. According to Unificationists whose view finds its historical roots in Plato and Augustine and is ably defended by contemporary philosophers such