subjectivist
Truth-is-personal believer
A subjectivist holds that knowledge, truth, or value depends on individual perspective rather than objective reality.
In philosophy, subjectivists argue that moral judgments or aesthetic preferences reflect personal attitudes, not universal facts.
In everyday use, calling someone a subjectivist often implies they deny shared standards: He's such a subjectivist—he thinks every opinion is equally valid.
Subjective character of experiences
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- sensationsConscious physical experiences
impressions · awareness · sentience · apperception · perceiver · first-person · sense-data · immediacy
Context-dependent truth doctrine
- solipsismOnly self surely exists
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- empiricismKnowledge through observation
skepticism · constructivism · epistemology · cognitivism · rationalism · agnosticism · foundationalism · intuitionism
Study of interpretation methods
- reader-responseCriticism emphasizing audience interpretation
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
constructivism · textualism · postmodernism · meaning-making · contextualism · symbolism · connotation · signification
Something that extends outward
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- self-servingBenefiting oneself primarily
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- myopiaBlurry distance vision
anthropocentrism · ethnocentrism · partisanship · value-laden
Individual identity, personhood
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-expressionConveying one's inner world
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- uniquenessQuality of being singular
personality · distinctiveness · nonconformity · self-concept · self-identity · independence · originality · self-reliance
non-cognitivism
Moral statements lack truth-values
- prescriptivismEnforcing linguistic correctness
qualia
Subjective character of experiences
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
sensations · impressions · awareness · sentience · apperception · perceiver · first-person · sense-data · immediacy
relativism
Context-dependent truth doctrine
- solipsismOnly self surely exists
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- idealismBelief in noble principles
empiricism · skepticism · constructivism · epistemology · cognitivism · rationalism · agnosticism · foundationalism · intuitionism · particularism
hermeneutics
Study of interpretation methods
- reader-responseCriticism emphasizing audience interpretation
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
semiotics · constructivism · textualism · postmodernism · meaning-making · contextualism · symbolism · connotation · signification · intertextuality
projection
Something that extends outward
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- self-servingBenefiting oneself primarily
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
myopia · anthropocentrism · ethnocentrism · partisanship · value-laden
selfhood
Individual identity, personhood
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-expressionConveying one's inner world
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
uniqueness · personality · distinctiveness · nonconformity · self-concept · self-identity · independence · originality · self-reliance · authenticity
subjectivistobjectivist
Rational egoism adherent
realist · positivist · empiricist · behaviorist · absolutist