subjectivism
Epistemology. the doctrine that all knowledge is limited to experiences by the self, and that transcendent knowledge is impossible.
Ethics.
any of various theories maintaining that moral judgments are statements concerning the emotional or mental reactions of the individual or the community.
any of several theories holding that certain states of thought or feeling are the highest good.
Origin of subjectivism
1Other words from subjectivism
- sub·jec·tiv·ist, noun
- sub·jec·ti·vis·tic, adjective
- sub·jec·ti·vis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use subjectivism in a sentence
An American critic says "Strindberg is the greatest subjectivist of all time."
The Inferno | August StrindbergBut in this passage it allows only of a subjectivist interpretation, whereby sensations are appearance.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp SmithFrom Kants own extreme subjectivist position they are illusions of the most thoroughgoing kind.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp SmithHe is now much more careful to avoid subjectivist modes of statement.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp SmithThe subjectivist doctrine of the transcendental object is there expressed in a much more uncompromising manner.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' | Norman Kemp Smith
British Dictionary definitions for subjectivism
/ (səbˈdʒɛktɪˌvɪzəm) /
the meta-ethical doctrine that there are no absolute moral values but that these are variable in the same way as taste is
any similar philosophical theory, for example, about truth or perception
any theological theory that attaches primary importance to religious experience
the quality or condition of being subjective
Derived forms of subjectivism
- subjectivist, noun
- subjectivistic, adjective
- subjectivistically, adverb
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