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Subjectivity




In Philosophy , subjectivity refers to the specific discerning interpretations of any aspect of experiences. They are unique to the person experiencing them, the Qualia that are only available to that person's Consciousness . Though the causes of experience are thought to be objective and available to everyone, (such as the Wavelength of a specific beam of Light ), experiences themselves are only available to the person experiencing them (the Quality of the Colour itself).

In Social Sciences , subjectivity (the property of being a subject) is an effect of relations of power. Similar social configurations create similar perceptions, experiences and interpretations of the world. For example, ''female subjectivity'' would refer to the perceptions, experiences and interpretations that a subject marked as ''female'' would generally have of the world.


REFERENCES

  • 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.

  • Dallmayr, Winfried Reinhard (1981). ''Twilight of Subjectivity: Contributions to a Post-Individualist Theory Politics''. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.

  • Ellis, C. & Flaherty, M. (1992). ''Investigating Subjectivity''. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

  • Farrell, Frank B. Farrell (1994). ''Subjectivity, Realism, and Postmodernism: The Recovery of the World in Recent Philosophy''. Cambridge - New York: Cambridge University Press.



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