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− | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Subjectivity''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Subjectivity this link].</center>
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| ==Definition== | | ==Definition== |
| *1. a. Consciousness of one's perceived states. | | *1. a. Consciousness of one's perceived states. |
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| :b. That quality of literary or graphic art which depends on the expression of the personality or individuality of the artist; the individuality of an artist as expressed in his work. | | :b. That quality of literary or graphic art which depends on the expression of the personality or individuality of the artist; the individuality of an artist as expressed in his work. |
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− | *3. = SUBJECTIVISM 1. | + | *3. The quality or condition of resting upon subjective facts or mental representation; the character of existing in the mind only. |
− | | + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Subjectivity''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Subjectivity this link].</center> |
− | *4. The quality or condition of resting upon subjective facts or mental representation; the character of existing in the mind only.
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| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| '''Subjectivity''' refers to a [[person]]'s [[perspective]] or opinion, particular [[feelings]], [[belief]]s, and desires. It is often used casually to refer to unsubstantiated personal opinions, in contrast to [[knowledge]] and fact-based [[belief]]s. In [[philosophy]], the term is often contrasted with [[objectivity]].[1] | | '''Subjectivity''' refers to a [[person]]'s [[perspective]] or opinion, particular [[feelings]], [[belief]]s, and desires. It is often used casually to refer to unsubstantiated personal opinions, in contrast to [[knowledge]] and fact-based [[belief]]s. In [[philosophy]], the term is often contrasted with [[objectivity]].[1] |
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| The exquisite and [[transcendent]] [[experience]] of [[loving]] and being loved is not just a [[psychic]] [[illusion]] because it is so purely [[subjective]]. The one truly [[divine]] and [[objective]] [[reality]] that is associated with [[mortal]] [[beings]], the [[Thought Adjuster]], [[functions]] to [[human]] [[observation]] apparently as an exclusively [[subjective]] [[phenomenon]]. Man's [[contact]] with the highest [[objective]] [[reality]], [[God]], is only through the [[purely]] [[subjective]] [[experience]] of knowing him, of [[worshiping]] him, of [[realizing]] [[sonship]] with him.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_196#196.3_THE_SUPREMACY_OF_RELIGION] | | The exquisite and [[transcendent]] [[experience]] of [[loving]] and being loved is not just a [[psychic]] [[illusion]] because it is so purely [[subjective]]. The one truly [[divine]] and [[objective]] [[reality]] that is associated with [[mortal]] [[beings]], the [[Thought Adjuster]], [[functions]] to [[human]] [[observation]] apparently as an exclusively [[subjective]] [[phenomenon]]. Man's [[contact]] with the highest [[objective]] [[reality]], [[God]], is only through the [[purely]] [[subjective]] [[experience]] of knowing him, of [[worshiping]] him, of [[realizing]] [[sonship]] with him.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_196#196.3_THE_SUPREMACY_OF_RELIGION] |
− | ===Compare===
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| '''''[[Objectivity]]''''' | | '''''[[Objectivity]]''''' |
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| # Solomon, Robert C. "Subjectivity," in Honderich, Ted. Oxford Companion to Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2005. | | # Solomon, Robert C. "Subjectivity," in Honderich, Ted. Oxford Companion to Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2005. |
− | ===References===
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| *Block, Ned; Flanagan, Owen J.; & Gzeldere, Gven (Eds.) The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. | | *Block, Ned; Flanagan, Owen J.; & Gzeldere, Gven (Eds.) The Nature of Consciousness: Philosophical Debates. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. |
| *Bowie, Andrew (1990). Aesthetics and Subjectivity : From Kant to Nietzsche. Manchester: Manchester University Press. | | *Bowie, Andrew (1990). Aesthetics and Subjectivity : From Kant to Nietzsche. Manchester: Manchester University Press. |