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Self

In philosophy, the self is an individual's own being, knowledge, and values, and the relationship between these attributes.

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Self

Nodes97
Edges96
Triples71
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020619
Components1

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Self

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related to Religion · 14
Self → Another, Brahman, In Hinduism, Observing Self, One, Our, Religious, Self's, Spiritual, The Self, There, True Self, Two, Witness
related to Psychology · 12
Self → As, Carl Jung, Current, Freudian, Hence, John Locke, Jungian, Me, The, The Self, What, While
related to Psychiatry · 10
Self → Abramson, According, Cox, Devine, Disorders, For, Hollon, One's, The, This
related to Sociology · 9
Self → Cultural, Culture, David Matsumoto, Hazel Rose Markus, However, Kitayama's, Markus, Shinobu Kitayama's, The
related to Philosophy · 8
Self → Du, Emmanuel Levinas, Ich, In, Martin Buber's, René Descartes, The, There
see also · 6
Self → Anatta, Atman, Buddhist, Bundle, IndividuationJīva, Jainism
is a · 5
Self → coherent concept, complex and core subject in many forms of spirituality, illusion that serves as the main cause of suffering and unhappiness, individual's own being, study of either the cognitive and affective representation of one's identity or the subject of experience
related to Neuroscience · 2
Self → The, Two

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philosophy identity also psychology person one subject personal consciousness thought question may experience sameness selfhood ego culture one's human parfit

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Selfis aindividual's own being0.90text
Selfis astudy of either the cognitive and affective representation of one's identity or the subject of experience0.90text
Selfis acoherent concept0.90text
Selfis acomplex and core subject in many forms of spirituality0.90text
Selfis aillusion that serves as the main cause of suffering and unhappiness0.90text
theseinstance ofUsing thought experiments0.80text
Parfit argues that any criteria we attempt to use to determine sameness of person will be lackinginstance ofUsing thought experiments0.80text
because there is no further factinstance ofUsing thought experiments0.80text
in Buddhism see the attachment to Self is an illusion that serves as the main cause of sufferinginstance ofTraditions0.80text
unhappinessinstance ofTraditions0.80text
Selfrelated to NeuroscienceTwo0.60section
Selfrelated to NeuroscienceThe0.60section

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