Selves
Self is a reference by an individual to the same individual person. This reference is necessarily subjective, thus self is a reference by a subject to the same subject. The sense of having a self – or self-hood – should, however, not be confused with subjectivity itself. Ostensibly, there is a directedness outward from the subject that refers inward, back to its “self” (or itself). Examples of psychiatric conditions where such ‘sameness’ is broken include depersonalization, which sometimes occur in schizophrenia: the self appears different to the subject.
The first-person perspective distinguishes self-hood from personal identity. Whereas “identity” is sameness, self-hood implies a first-person perspective. Conversely, we use “person” as a third-person reference. Personal identity can be impaired in late stage Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Finally, the self is distinguishable from “others”. Including the distinction between sameness and otherness, the self versus other is a research topic in contemporary philosophy) and contemporary phenomenology (see also psychological phenomenology), psychology, psychiatry, neurology, and neuroscience.
The nationally funded research Center for Subjectivity in Copenhagen, Denmark, is just one example of the importance of research on the self. More recently, the relationship between the self and technology has generated a research field called Technoself Studies. Although subjective experience is central to self-hood, the privacy of this experience is only one of many problems in the philosophical and scientific study of consciousness.
Self
Self is a reference by an individual to the same individual person. This reference is necessarily subjective, thus self is a reference by a subject to the same subject. The sense of having a self – or self-hood – should, however, not be confused with subjectivity itself. Ostensibly, there is a directedness outward from the subject that refers inward, back to its “self” (or itself). Examples of psychiatric conditions where such ‘sameness’ is broken include depersonalization, which sometimes occur in schizophrenia: the self appears different to the subject.
The first-person perspective distinguishes self-hood from personal identity. Whereas “identity” is sameness, self-hood implies a first-person perspective. Conversely, we use “person” as a third-person reference. Personal identity can be impaired in late stage Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Finally, the self is distinguishable from “others”. Including the distinction between sameness and otherness, the self versus other is a research topic in contemporary philosophy) and contemporary phenomenology (see also psychological phenomenology), psychology, psychiatry, neurology, and neuroscience.
The nationally funded research Center for Subjectivity in Copenhagen, Denmark, is just one example of the importance of research on the self. More recently, the relationship between the self and technology has generated a research field called Technoself Studies. Although subjective experience is central to self-hood, the privacy of this experience is only one of many problems in the philosophical and scientific study of consciousness.
Selves (noun)
plural of self
Self (pronoun)
Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
“This argument was put forward by the defendant self.”
Self (pronoun)
Myself.
“I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.”
Self (noun)
The phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
Self (noun)
An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
Self (noun)
A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
Self (noun)
Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
Self (verb)
To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
Self (verb)
To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.
Self (adjective)
Having its own or a single nature or character, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed.
“a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood”
“a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour”
Self (adjective)
Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
Self (adjective)
Same.
Self (noun)
a person’s essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action
“language is an aspect of a person’s sense of self”
“our alienation from our true selves”
“guilt can be turned against the self”
Self (noun)
one’s particular nature or personality; the qualities that make one individual or unique
“Paula seemed to be her usual cheerful self”
“by the end of the round he was back to his old self”
Self (noun)
one’s own interests or pleasure
“to love in an unpossessive way implies the total surrender of self”
Self (noun)
used ironically to refer to oneself or someone else
“an article with a picture of my good self”
Self (noun)
used on counterfoils, cheques, and other papers to refer to the holder or person who has signed
“the uppermost counterfoil was marked ‘Self’”
Self (adjective)
(of a trimming or cover) of the same material and colour as the rest of the item
“a button-through style with self belt”
Self (verb)
self-pollinate; self-fertilize
“a variety that selfs itself loses lots of vigour in the progeny”
Self (verb)
cause (an animal or plant) to breed with or fertilize one of the same hybrid origin or strain
“progeny were derived from selfed crosses”