Formed, as in opinions, based upon subjective feelings or intuition, not upon observation or reasoning, which can be influenced by preconception; coming more from within the observer rather than from observations of the external environment
Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily from external stimuli
related more to the subject than to the object or representation out of which knowledge is constructed Considered transcendentally, subjecè² ive knowledge is more certain that objective knowledge; considered empiriè‹žally, subjective knowledge is less certain (Cf objective )
Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states
Pertaining to subjects as opposed to objects (A subject is one who perceives or is aware; an object is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.)
Valuations and evaluations of logical structures and material events to produce a point of view, to choose among alternative or competing goods , and to establish norms and social protocols
open to different interpretations based on prior experience or expertise Having no definitive or specific interpretation Having a broad range of answers depending on the basis for the response
The arbitrary selection by the observer of a segment of the total field surrounding an event; or, in some contexts, simply an awareness of the all-inclusiveness of the total field All interpretation is partly subjective: in the analytic mode, for example, the theory used to interpret a given pattern of events is chosen subjectively by the observer according to their previous experience and other factors
That which depends upon the personal or individual, especially wherein contrast with the objectiveit is supposed to be an arbitrary expression of private taste Recommended Reading: Nick Mansfield, Subjectivity: Theories of the Self from Freud to Haraway (NYU, 2001) {at Amazon com}; Roger Frie, Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity in Modern Philosophy and Psychoanalysis (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997) {at Amazon com}; and Sonia Kruks, Retrieving Experience: Subjectivity and Recognition in Feminist Politics (Cornell, 2001) {at Amazon com} Also see OCP, IEP, Peter Carruthers, Ted Honderich, noesis, Michael Huemer, and ISM
Something that is subjective is based on personal opinions and feelings rather than on facts. We know that taste in art is a subjective matter The way they interpreted their past was highly subjective. objective + subjectively sub·jec·tive·ly Our preliminary results suggest that people do subjectively find the speech clearer. objectively + subjectivity sub·jec·tiv·ity They accused her of flippancy and subjectivity in her reporting of events in their country. objectivity