Inter Subjectivity

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INTERSUBJECTIVITY

NEVER HAVE I EVER…


•mocked a person with •give alms to street
disability children
•argued with my
•looked down on people friends

•donated blood •talked to Deaf using


Sign Language
NEVER HAVE I EVER…
•Heart-to-heart talk with
my parents
•Helped a total stranger

•Wanted to talk to
my crush
NEVER HAVE I EVER…
•Joined in advocacies
•Volunteered for relief
operation •Helped an elderly in
anyway
•Judged a pregnant
teenager •Be there for a
grieving friend
INTERSUBJECTIVITY
• Shared meanings constructed by people in their
interactions with each other.
• A philosophical concept of the interaction
between the “self” and the “other”. It is a
mutual recognition of each other as PERSONS.
• Shared understanding and awareness among
persons.
What Philosophers say about order and
harmony in the
INTERSUBJECTIVITY world
One of the main
ideas of Practical
Confucianism is REN Humanism
( Human-
heartedness)
His aims can be achieved Love the other
through: through ACTIONS,
• Practical not through
• Concrete
thoughts.
• Particular
• Perceptual ways Confucius (551-479 B.C.E.)
What Philosophers say about
INTERSUBJECTIVITY
Totalization When you look at a
Occurs when one limits the person, the act of
other to a set of rational objectification allows
categories, be they racial, you to capture that
sexual or otherwise. person’s freedom to be
what s/he wants to be.
Label a person based on
his/her appearance or Stereotype
certain actions
What Philosophers say about
INTERSUBJECTIVITY EMPATHY
➢Ability to share emotions
ETHICS OF CARE Intersubjectivity ➢Enables us to experience
another
is more that just person’s emotions, such
as happiness, anger, and sadness
Encourages individuals to shared
help other people, most
understanding. It
especially the vulnerable. AVAILABILITY
is the capability
Ethical theory that ➢The willingness of a person
to put
emphasizes the moral oneself in to be present and be at
the place where
dimension of relationship disposal of another.
the other is.
and interaction.
EDMUND HUSSERL
What Philosophers say about
INTERSUBJECTIVITY SEEMING

Doubt everything that can be Actions where an individual


presents him/herself in
doubted.
certain ways when dealing
There is one thing that can with others
not be doubted…it is
THINKING
Occurs when two persons “open up” DIALOGUE
to each other, and give and receive
one another in their encounter. Interaction between persons
that happens through speech,
expressions, and body
Rene Descartes language
What Philosophers say about
INTERSUBJECTIVITY
1. “I-I” Relationship Closed minded
People make themselves the center of their world
Talking to people do not interest them, and if they
talk to others, it is the I who will be the center of the
conversation.

More of “ ME,
MYSELF, and I”
MARTIN BUBER
What Philosophers say about
INTERSUBJECTIVITY
2. “I-IT” Relationship
People tend to reduce the other persons as objects.
Example: objectification of women in advertising

Inauthentic,
This results to
deceptive, and
ALIENATION.
Alienation, then leads exploitative
to DEHUMANIZATION
MARTIN BUBER
What Philosophers say about
INTERSUBJECTIVITY
Involves
EFFORTS

3. “I-THOU” Relationship
Genuine sharing of one another takes place.
The center of this relationship is a genuine form of
conversation called DIALOGUE.
AUTHENTIC DIALOGUE – form of
• Pets
interpersonal communication which occurs when
• Tree
people recognize that they are part of a greater
• Plants/flowers
whole and can relate with others within the whole.
• God
This relationship is the experience of being through
conversation in communion with the “other”. MARTIN BUBER
What Philosophers
Since man is a member of say about
community, his experience with
INTERSUBJECTIVITY
others gives him meaning and
Human reality is also
allows him to create meaning
with others.
about being with
other so our actions
Human action
is the are also directed
foundation of toward others. This
our being. form of action is
man has the called
capacity to share PARTICIPATION.
KAROL WOJTYLA himself to others
ACTIVITY:DIIFERENTIATION
State the distinct ideas of the following Philosophers. Also,
write the ideas where they all agree.
CONFUCIUS SARTRE HUSSERL DESCARTES BUBER WOJTYLA

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