INTERSUBJECTIVITY

One of the early proponents of ‘intersubjectivity’ is the philosopher

Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology.
Intersubjectivity is a very broad topic.

One definition of ‘intersubjectivity’:

It is the interchange of thoughts and feelings,
both conscious and unconscious,
between two persons or ‘subjects’,
as facilitated by empathy. (Cooper-White, 2014)

Subject - the human person

Subjectivity - experience of reality from one’s own perspective
(both conscious and unconscious) and limited by one’s own worldview

Conscious perspective - thoughts and feelings that we are aware of at any

given moment

Unconscious perspective - thoughts, feelings, and memories that are

outside of conscious awareness but still affect ones behavior

Empathy
- the ability to understand what other people feel
- to see things from the point of view of other people
- to imagine oneself in the situation of another person

Some examples of intersubjectivity (Gillespie and Cornish, 2010):

1.People’s agreement about an idea/concept
2.People’s mutual awareness of agreement or disagreement with each
other
- includes understanding or misunderstanding each other

3.People’s sharing of ideas, beliefs, and feelings with each other

4.People’s automatic behavior towards other people

5.People’s interactive performance within a situation

6.Different relations between people’s perspectives