Subjective

Referring to a person's experience, qualia, state of mind, and idiosyncratic worldview.

Not synonymous with relativism. Facts about subjective experiences remain Objective — that a person is in pain is an objective fact, even though pain is a subjective experience. The subjective/objective distinction does not map onto the true/false distinction.

Connections

  • •Contrasts with Objective — but not opposed to it
  • •Facts about subjective experiences are themselves objective
  • •Conscious awareness is the domain of subjective experience
  • •Aesthetics involves subjective experience of beauty, but beauty itself is Objective
  • •Suffering is a subjective experience with objective characteristics
  • •Fun is the subjective experience of unimpeded Creativity
  • •Not equivalent to relativism — subjective disagreement doesn't negate objective truth