THE PROBLEM OF SELF-AWARENESS: AN EXISTENTIAL-PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS
Keywords:
self-understanding, existentialism, authenticity, person, narrative self, phenomenology, freedom, responsibility, digital self, intersubjectivity, embodiment, search for meaningAbstract
The article analyses the problem of personal self-understanding from an existential-philosophical perspective. Self-understanding is interpreted not as the discovery of a ready-made essence but as a continuously ongoing existential process. Based on an analysis of contemporary phenomenological and existential studies published between 2020 and 2025, four dimensions of self-understanding are identified: existential, narrative, relational and bodily. The article also examines how the process of self-understanding changes in the digital environment and the new problems associated with algorithmic personalisation and online self-presentation. As a result, a four-component conceptual model of self-understanding is proposed.
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