Definition

Intersubjectivity

• Sharing the subjective states of two or more

individuals.
• It is made possible by the awareness of the
self and the other.
 “It is said that man experiences his world. What
does that mean? Man travels over the surface of
things and experiences them. He extracts
knowledge about their constitution form them: he
wins an experience from them. He experiences
what belongs to the things”
- MARTIN BUBER
The term “Subjective”

• Based on feelings or opinions rather than facts

• Relating to the way a person experiences
something in his or her own
Intersubjectivity, or other awareness

We want to know what it takes to experience the

“other” as “the other”.

a. Other – human being, an object outside of you

b. The other – human person, same being, subject