Values and Attitudes in Lifeworld Structure

The article analyzes the structure of one’s lifeworld as an individual model of reality, self-evident knowledge, providing the possibility for a person to live and act. Internalized and externalized intentionality of interaction between a person and external world is a parameter allowing to differentiate two dimensions: the structure of meaning and the value-attitude structure. Values and attitudes as components of a person’s lifeworld act as a resource and limitation for development, solution, and evaluation of actual situations faced by the actors. In conclusion, author denotes the possibility of biographical research on the structure of the lifeworld.