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Subjectivity, philosophy: subjectivity is the concept for the set of information available to a perceiving entity together with its interpretation by that entity. These include sensory impressions, perceptions, moods, feelings, abilities, creativity, spontaneity, language comprehension and language use, the knowledge of how inner states feel, memories and projections on the future. See also consciousness, self-consciousness, memory, perception, knowledge how, intersubjectivity, introspection, objectivity, perspective.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Thomas Nagel on Subjectivity - Dictionary of Arguments

Frank I 132f
Subjectivity/Nagel(1): the fact that it is somehow avoids the attribution of a separate aspect such as quality.
>Properties
, >Qualities, >Qualia, >Attribution, >Aspects.
NagelVsReductionism: the way something is cannot be reduced.

1. Thomas Nagel (1974): What Is It Like to Be a Bat?, in: The Philosophical
Review 83 (1974), 435-450

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Nagel III 116 ff
Subjective/Objective/Gradual/Nagel: so the distinction is relative! (Polarity, continuum, respects: space, time, opportunities, scales). - E.g. a universal human perspective is more objective than that of an indidvidual, but less objective than a physical one.
>Perspective/Nagel.
Subjectivity: not necessarily something private.
>Intersubjectivity.
Objectivity: you cannot approach it by expansion of the imagination.
III 120
Problem: for physical objectivity, the subject depends on those of its own components that it deems most suitable.
>Objectivity/Nagel.
III 28ff
Subjectivity/Completeness/Objectivity/Reality/Nagel: since scrambled eggs taste like something for a cockroach and we will never know how (because we cannot imagine), we must say: either
a) that the subjective qualities are not part of reality (absurd) or
b) that not everything that is real is part of the objective world.
Reality/Nagel: thesis: reality is not only the objective reality.
>Reality, >Reality/Nagel.
III 30
The world is neither my world nor ours. (This does not even apply to the mental world).

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

NagE I
E. Nagel
The Structure of Science: Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation Cambridge, MA 1979

Nagel I
Th. Nagel
The Last Word, New York/Oxford 1997
German Edition:
Das letzte Wort Stuttgart 1999

Nagel II
Thomas Nagel
What Does It All Mean? Oxford 1987
German Edition:
Was bedeutet das alles? Stuttgart 1990

Nagel III
Thomas Nagel
The Limits of Objectivity. The Tanner Lecture on Human Values, in: The Tanner Lectures on Human Values 1980 Vol. I (ed) St. M. McMurrin, Salt Lake City 1980
German Edition:
Die Grenzen der Objektivität Stuttgart 1991

NagelEr I
Ernest Nagel
Teleology Revisited and Other Essays in the Philosophy and History of Science New York 1982

Fra I
M. Frank (Hrsg.)
Analytische Theorien des Selbstbewusstseins Frankfurt 1994

NagelEr I
Ernest Nagel
Teleology Revisited and Other Essays in the Philosophy and History of Science New York 1982


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