# The self | | In philosophy, **The self** is the relationship of an individual's own being, knowledge and values. Self relates the experiences of one's inner and outer living in presence. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Self](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self) | > [!summary]- Wikipedia Synopsis > In philosophy, **The self** is the relationship of an individual's own being, knowledge and values. Self relates the experiences of one's inner and outer living in presence.The first-person perspective distinguishes selfhood from personal identity. Whereas "identity" is (literally) sameness and may involve categorization and labeling, > > selfhood implies a first-person perspective and suggests potential uniqueness. Conversely, "person" is used as a third-person reference. Personal identity can be impaired in late-stage Alzheimer's disease and in 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. > > Although subjective experience is central to selfhood, the privacy of this experience is only one of many problems in the Philosophy of self and scientific study of consciousness. [[Identity (philosophy)]] [[The relational self]] [[Psychology]] [[Philosophy]] [[Existentialism]] [[Existence|Being]] [[Objectivity|Subjectivity]] [[Experience]] [[Becoming (philosophy)]] [[Haecceity]] [[Throwness]]