EXISTENTIAL PARADOXES OF SELF-AWARENESS IN A CULTURAL-HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The article analyzes the structure of self-awareness and the experience of one's own existence. The concept of “existential witness of existence” is introduced and a new symbolization is proposed to explain the existential paradoxes. In different cultures, existential paradoxes were resolved in different ways due to the structure of self-awareness. The article discusses how these paradoxes were solved in Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta and Christianity.