Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte - Volume 117, Issue 1, 2025

Abstract Becoming oneself with others: Relational authenticity and self-affirming participation. Response to De Haan Being yourself with others – the art of maintaining your individuality while engaging and growing in social interactions – is a challenge for everyone. A philosophical account of authenticity should be able to explain why this is inherently difficult. In this response, I start from De Haan’s exposition on relational auth Read More

Abstract Discrepancy between ‘being yourself’ and ‘feeling yourself’ This commentary puts forward two critical remarks and two suggestions regarding the concept of ‘experiential authenticity’ and the extent to which this concept ties into ‘everyday experiences of being oneself’. The first critical remark explicates a tension in the purported goal of De Haan’s article: on the one hand De Haan states that she wants to do justi Read More

Abstract The self-portrait as a landscape. A relational perspective on discovering, creating and choosing yourself Being yourself does not always come naturally. Sometimes, you need to actively work to feel authentic. But how do you go about that? Traditional views on authenticity suggest that you can search for who you are deep down inside, chart your own course, or consistently choose what you value. Following an enac Read More

Abstract Being Yourself in Social Roles: a response to Sanneke de Haan’s conception of authenticity In this response to de Haan’s relational and enactive conception of authenticity I consider its implications for the way we fulfil professional and social roles in everyday life. I argue that on de Haan’s conception of authenticity it is possible to fulfil those roles in a fully authentic way, as long as one experiences and perceives one Read More

Abstract Towards an ethics of authentic interaction Though authenticity is a popular ideal, it is at the same time contested in philosophical debates, in particular if it is regarded as an ethical ideal. Sanneke de Haan convincingly develops an enactivist approach to authenticity as a relational concept with moral and critical potentials. In my comment, I try to further develop the implications of this approach for understanding a Read More