LANGUAGE GAMES AND THE GRAMMATICAL ILLUSION OF THE CONCEPT OF "I": GNOSEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION FROM D. YUM TO L. WITTGENSTEIN

This article explores the phenomenon of personal identity and "I" as an object of linguistic and gnoseological analysis, in contrast to the traditional ontological approach. A central point of the study is the empirical skepticism of David Hume and his influence on twentieth-century analytic philosophy, in particular Ludwig Wittgenstein's theory of "language games." The article argues that the concept of "I" (Self) is not a real-present substance, but a grammatical habit that follows from the rules of language. The results of the analysis show that a person's self-perception is not an internal mental process, but a product of socio-linguistic practice