can you ever know yourself if we are always changing?

Answer 1

Of corse because if you are truly in tuned with your self then no matter how mush you change you''l always no yourself

Answer 2

I believe I misunderstood the question so went back to the drawing board. The fact that there are myriad changes within ourselves, our bodies, even our minds or brains "always" (like you say) still allows our self-awareness functions to grasp the essence of ourselves. I mean our essence as a distinct, unique invidividual. This actually raises more questions that could go around in a circle and no one can say that science or philosophy has all the answers. But the main issue it raises is in the form of a question: Where does the coherent self reside that we're aware of at any given time and that results in a more or less stable sense of identity? Some would say in the brain. Others would say mind transcends brain. Others would equate self, at least partially, with soul and then we get into theological ground, which science should not be afraid to enter (but in fact is). The reality, more or less, remains that, mysterious as it is, we DO have the ability to be self-aware and, however it is that that's possible, it allows us to get to know ourselves.

Answer 3

when we change what it really means is that, imagine our long term memory as a hard disk of a computer and ur short term memory as the RAM. something or the other is always happening. some sounds, sights, smell etc or even something like a lecture, accident on the street, a song, a commercial. all this enters in the short term memory(RAM) thru our senses even if we are not alert. some of this sticks around in the RAM till required and then gets out. only if something that enters here gives pain or pleasure then depending on the degree of pain/pleasure, it proceeds to the long term memory. So something or the other always is entering our Data Sphere. This is what is meant by 'we are always changing'. but the basic mechanism that records this data, filters it,etc. remains the same! so to know yourself is to see this mechanism while it is actually working!

Answer 4

You are probably still pretty young. The rate of change slows down a bit after 25, and by 30 you will know yourself about as well as you possibly can. I don't know about beyond 30, because I am 30. But after 30 you're so old what will it even matter.

Answer 5

No we cannot. But more so than that. We cannot know ourselves fully because we cannot fully comprehend who or what we are. The brain, that studies itself, doesn't even know fully what it is. Do we have spirits? There's no agreeable answer by all. If we do have spirits what is a spirit? Why do we hurt the people we love? These questions go on and on. Asking them helps us get closer but everytime we answer one another ten pop up in it's place. In this sense we will never be able to fully comprehend or know ourselves fully.

Answer 6

Our inner most character doesn't change when we change, for example our lifestyles, opinions about certain things, etc.....our "essence" [our crucial elements/intrinsic qualities], such as our DNA, growing up experiences, memories, educations et. al. that make us individuals do not change ever even though our perceptions of the world can change therefore ever changing the way we perceive/react to life's experiences.

Answer 7

If we grant that we are, in fact, always changing, then we need to ask can we know ourselves at any one point along the continuum? If we can know ourselves at each point along the continuum, then even though what we may know about ourselves at any given point on the continuum we may not know about ourselves at any other given point on the continuum, we can say we know ourselves along the whole of the continuum.

Answer 8

Sure you can, the change is part of who you are

Answer 9

yes because the core of who you are remains the same

Answer 10

i agree with her^^^