“I” and “Me”: The Self in the Context of Consciousness

Woźniak, Mateusz

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01656

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“…For example, an anorexic person may see her subjective body ("leib") as extremely fat, while her objective body ("körper") is actually skinny. A similar distinction was famously proposed by W. James (1890) between 'I' and 'me', whereby the latter may map onto the self-as-object, while the former the self-as-subject (see Wozniak 2018). Wittgenstein (1958) is yet another influential thinker who proposed a distinction between I-as-subject and I-as-object of an experience (see Longuenesse 2017).…”

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confidence: 70%

When the Window Cracks: Transparency and the Fractured Self in Depersonalisation

Ciaunica

Charlton²,

Farmer

2020

Phenom Cogn Sci

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There has recently been a resurgence of philosophical and scientific interest in the foundations of self-consciousness, with particular focus on its altered, anomalous forms. This paper looks at the altered forms of self-awareness in Depersonalization Disorder (DPD), a condition in which people feel detached from their self, their body and the world (Derealisation). Building upon the phenomenological distinction between reflective and pre-reflective self-consciousness, we argue that DPD may alter the transparency of basic embodied forms of pre-reflective self-consciousness, as well as the capacity to flexibly modulate and switch between the reflective and pre-reflective facets of self-awareness. Empirical evidence will be invoked in support of the idea that impaired processing of bodily signals is characteristic of the condition. We provide first-hand subjective reports describing the experience of self-detachment or fracture between an observing and an observed self. This split is compared with similar selfdetachment phenomena reported in certain Buddhist-derived meditative practices. We suggest that these alterations and changes may reveal the underlying and tacit transparency that characterises the embodied and basic pre-reflective forms of self-consciousness, in the same way that a crack in a transparent glass may indicate the presence of an unnoticed window.

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confidence: 70%

When the Window Cracks: Transparency and the Fractured Self in Depersonalisation

Ciaunica

Charlton²,

Farmer

2020

Phenom Cogn Sci

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“…Self has attribute I , which is known as subject or ontological self, and attribute me , which is known as object, phenomenal, or epistemological self (Dainton, 2016; King, 2009; Woźniak, 2018). Although I feels, desires, wills, and acts, me can acquire experience and engage in social relations (Mageo, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

Dynamics of consciousness in dreams.

Oluwole¹

2022

Dreaming

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The state of consciousness changes between dream and wake spacetimes. Subjects in disparate cultures were studied to determine the transformations of consciousness from physiological state to dreams. Consciousness was in the physiological state when the observables of self, perception, cognition, language, and emotion were as expected in the population. Pathological states of consciousness in dreams include loss of self-awareness, high-resolution perception, enhanced cognition, entanglement, and teleportation. Observables were extracted from dream narratives of medical students and Dream Database subjects using natural language processing. Control narratives were novels, novellas, tweets, and public documents. Whole narratives, sentences, noun phrases, and verb phrases of corpora were embedded in multidimensional vector spaces for topological data analysis and clustering. Syntax and emotions were compared with control narratives, whereas semantics and cognition of subjects' groups were compared. Spacetime, entities, and consciousness were dynamic in dream spacetime. Events in dreams were unique to subjects' groups (,.0001). Visual and auditory sensations dominated dream spacetime. Physiological observables of self, perception, cognition, language, and emotions dominated dream events. Consciousness in physiological state was observer in most dream events. States of consciousness in dreams were symmetries of physiological, pathological, and superposition states. Consciousness transforms from physiological state to all possible states in dreams. Reality changes as consciousness oscillates spacetimes. The ontology of consciousness is independent of spacetime, self, and entities.

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“…That is, the causal agent, thinker or observer who does the thinking or observing, who is also responsible for self-awareness and self-knowledge. This distinction in self-referential awareness has re-emerged recently in neurocognitive science (Tagini & Raffone, 2010), particularly in the context of experimental studies investigating the phenomenological self and consciousness (Woźniak, 2018). This is notwithstanding the fact that, as noted by Rafaeli et al (2014), the monolithic conceptualization of the self has been rejected previously by various psychotherapeutic modalities (e.g.…”

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A Practical and Contemporary Model of Depression for Our Times—A Timeless Existential Clinician’s Perspective

Salicru¹

2021

OJD

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Problem: Depression is spreading rapidly worldwide. It has been forecasted to become the leading cause of disability worldwide by 2030, despite significant efforts and investments made to treat it. This menace has been exacerbated by the current COVID-19 pandemic which has triggered psychological distress and a surge in experiences of emptiness, sadness, and loss of meaning in life. Meaninglessness is one of the biggest threats of our times and is associated with depression and suicide. Gap: Existential psychotherapy has been neglected by researchers and remains misunderstood by the new generation of clinicians as an integrative approach to the prevention and treatment of depression, despite being one of the longest-established forms of psychotherapy. Objective: To address the above gap, recommendations, and emerging risks. Methodology: Review of theoretical and empirical findings, and autoethnography taking a scientist-practitioner stance. Results: A comprehensive, practical, integrated, flexible, and evidence-based model for the prevention and treatment of depression, and other internalizing disorders. Utility: This model will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, students of psychology, and the wider public. Conclusion/Recommendations: The model can be used to promote preventative factors in youth development, develop protective factors in high-risk populations with vulnerability to depression, and treat individuals experiencing depression or other internalizing disorders.

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“I” and “Me”: The Self in the Context of Consciousness

Cited by 39 publications

References 75 publications

When the Window Cracks: Transparency and the Fractured Self in Depersonalisation

When the Window Cracks: Transparency and the Fractured Self in Depersonalisation

Dynamics of consciousness in dreams.

A Practical and Contemporary Model of Depression for Our Times—A Timeless Existential Clinician’s Perspective

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