autognosis

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) (“self”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis) (“knowledge”). In contemporary philosophy and psychology, the term has been expanded to refer to a specific framework for conscious recognition and redirection of instinctual biological drives, as outlined in *The Autognosis Thesis* (Horodyski, 2025).

• enPR: ôʹtəg-nōʹsĭs
• (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɔːtəɡˈnəʊsɪs/, /ˌɔːtəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
• (US) IPA(key): /ˌɔtəɡˈnoʊsɪs/, /ˌɑtəɡˈnoʊsɪs/

autognosis (plural uncountable or autognoses)

2. Self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities.
3. (philosophy, psychology, behavioral science) A structured framework for recognizing, separating from, and consciously redirecting inherited instinctual biological signals, with the aim of constructing a personal ethical system. Presented in *The Autognosis Thesis* as a five-stage methodology: Recognition, Separation, Redirection, Reflection, and Internal System Design.

• self-knowledge
• self-awareness
• instinctual literacy (in the Autognosis framework)

• Inner Compass (educational curriculum derived from Autognosis)

• Barrett, L. F. (2017). *How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain*. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
• Horodyski, R. (2025). *The Autognosis Thesis*. Harbinger Holdings LLC.

 View full thesis online

• Kahneman, D. (2011). *Thinking, Fast and Slow*. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.