What doe the Philosopher Fear?

[Laird]

Isn't a split personality of the Dreamer?

Sure, but what is it that splits? Some sort of mentality-as-experience, right? The "experiences" or as you prefer "thoughts" of the Dreamer somehow structure themselves such that they become self-aware, in a process for which we are given analogies such as a whirlpool of water and a reflective membrane vibrating in multiple dimensions and folding in on itself, etc etc.