Two Aspects of

Intersubjectivit
y
I N T R O D U C T I O N T O
T H E P H I L O S O P H Y O F
T H E H U M A N P E R S O N
 Empath Ability to understand and
y share the feelings of others.

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 Sympathy
the feeling that you care about and sorry about
someone else’s trouble, grief, misfortune and loss.

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 EMPATHY VS. SYMPATHY

• Like the idiom, “walk a mile in someone

else’s shoes,” having empathy is the
ability to understand what another person
is going through.

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 EMPATHY VS. SYMPATHY

• Easilyput, sympathy is feeling sorrow for

someone else. We often associate sympathy
with the loss of a loved one or perhaps a
terminal diagnosis.

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 The interaction between the self and the other is related to the
philosophical concept of INTERSUBJECTIVITY which is the mutual
recognition of each other as persons. As humans, we have the natural
and universal tendency to relate, to establish attachments and seek
close relationship with other people. Our human nature drives us to
reach out to other people and interact with them in meaningful ways.
Through our interactions with others we understand how and why people
think and act the way they do, thus, we notice how different we are from
each other.
• Dialogue is a way of discovering the origins of the many predicaments
that face humanity today. It enables analysis into, and understanding
of, the sorts of processes that piece and interfere with real
communication.
In this lesson, you will learn more about Authentic Dialogue.
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 Authentic Dialogue

• Communication - The word communicate comes from

the Latin word communis which means to “make
common”. The act of using words, sound, signs, or
behaviors to express or exchange information or to
express ideas, thoughts and feelings to someone else.

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 Kinds of Communication
Discussion - Two-way communication is often called discussion.
A discussion may lead to a common agreement about a topic, but
in discussion, the objective is to present one’s view in order to
convince the other.
Dialogue - Dialogue, in contrast, is rooted from the Greek word
dialogs, literally meaning “through (dia) the meaning of the word
(logos).” William Isaac calls dialogue “a conversation with a
center instead of sides.” It is often defined as a conversation
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 Authentic Dialogue
entails a person-to-
person, a mutually
sharing of selves,
acceptance, and
sincerity.
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 There are three types of
relationships that categories
dialogue.

I – I type of relationship
I – It relationship
I – You relationship
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 I-I TYPE of
Relationhip
a person becomes
aware of the other
not as a mere
object. The I-I
relation is basically
a speech. It does
not require another
for it to proceed.
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 I – It
relationship

the I treats the other

as an object and
therefore sets
himself in a distant
from It. Unlike the I-
I relationship, I-IT
relationship is open
to listening.
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 I – You
relationship
It is through this
relationship that
dialogues takes place.
The I recognizes that
the person he/she with
is another person, a
You, who may possess
a different set of
interests and
characteristics.
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 Picture Analysis
(2 aspects of Intersubjectivity

In your
notebook,
Explain in at
least 100
words
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