Modern Meanings of Subjectivity: Philosophical, Psychological, Physiological
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Gary Hatfield
Abstract
A recent account (by Daston and Galison) defines the modern meaning of “objectivity” in relation to “subjectivity”: objectivity means, among other things, avoiding personal bias. Subjectivity denotes mental characteristics idiosyncratically peculiar to individuals. Without denying that these meanings are found in the modern period (albeit earlier than Daston and Galison suggest), this article maintains that a more profound modern meaning of “the subjective” concerns subjective conditions of perception and thought that need not or indeed cannot vary among individuals. Kant brought this more profound meaning into prominence, and it entered into scientific theories of perception of the nineteenth century. This meaning can describe an early modern “subjective turn” in philosophy and the theory of perception.
Abstract
A recent account (by Daston and Galison) defines the modern meaning of “objectivity” in relation to “subjectivity”: objectivity means, among other things, avoiding personal bias. Subjectivity denotes mental characteristics idiosyncratically peculiar to individuals. Without denying that these meanings are found in the modern period (albeit earlier than Daston and Galison suggest), this article maintains that a more profound modern meaning of “the subjective” concerns subjective conditions of perception and thought that need not or indeed cannot vary among individuals. Kant brought this more profound meaning into prominence, and it entered into scientific theories of perception of the nineteenth century. This meaning can describe an early modern “subjective turn” in philosophy and the theory of perception.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Vorwort IX
- Preface XI
- Einleitung XIII
- Introduction XXI
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I. Beiträge/Essays
- Philosophy of Psychology in German Idealism 3
- Kant’s Moral Psychology in the Fact of Reason 23
- Rethinking the Relationship between Empirical Psychology and Transcendental Philosophy in Kant 47
- Modern Meanings of Subjectivity: Philosophical, Psychological, Physiological 77
- Fichte’s Moral Psychology of Drives and Feelings and its Influence on Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics of the Will 105
- The Space of Intelligence 125
- Hegel on Passion in History 143
- Hegel and Goethe on the Symbolism of Color 167
- Hegels Psychologie der Religion 191
- ‚Der Geist ist nicht das Höchste‘ Schellings Psychologie in den Stuttgarter Privatvorlesungen von 1810 217
- Schelling’s Politics of Sympathy: Reflections on Clara and Related Texts 245
- Friedrich Schlegel and Romantic Psychology: The Fragmentary Self as Ironic System 269
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II. Rezensionen/Reviews
- Rachel Zuckert und James Kreines (Hrsg.): Hegel on Philosophy in History 295
- Courtney D. Fugate and John Hymers (eds.): Baumgarten and Kant on Metaphysics 301
- Fred Rush: Irony and Idealism. Rereading Schlegel, Hegel, and Kierkegaard 307
- David James and Günter Zöller (eds.): The Cambridge Companion to Fichte 315
- Béatrice Longuenesse: I, Me, Mine. Back to Kant, and Back Again 321
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III. Anhang/Appendix
- Autoren/Authors 327
- Hinweis an die Verlage/Letter to Publishers 331
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Vorwort IX
- Preface XI
- Einleitung XIII
- Introduction XXI
-
I. Beiträge/Essays
- Philosophy of Psychology in German Idealism 3
- Kant’s Moral Psychology in the Fact of Reason 23
- Rethinking the Relationship between Empirical Psychology and Transcendental Philosophy in Kant 47
- Modern Meanings of Subjectivity: Philosophical, Psychological, Physiological 77
- Fichte’s Moral Psychology of Drives and Feelings and its Influence on Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics of the Will 105
- The Space of Intelligence 125
- Hegel on Passion in History 143
- Hegel and Goethe on the Symbolism of Color 167
- Hegels Psychologie der Religion 191
- ‚Der Geist ist nicht das Höchste‘ Schellings Psychologie in den Stuttgarter Privatvorlesungen von 1810 217
- Schelling’s Politics of Sympathy: Reflections on Clara and Related Texts 245
- Friedrich Schlegel and Romantic Psychology: The Fragmentary Self as Ironic System 269
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II. Rezensionen/Reviews
- Rachel Zuckert und James Kreines (Hrsg.): Hegel on Philosophy in History 295
- Courtney D. Fugate and John Hymers (eds.): Baumgarten and Kant on Metaphysics 301
- Fred Rush: Irony and Idealism. Rereading Schlegel, Hegel, and Kierkegaard 307
- David James and Günter Zöller (eds.): The Cambridge Companion to Fichte 315
- Béatrice Longuenesse: I, Me, Mine. Back to Kant, and Back Again 321
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III. Anhang/Appendix
- Autoren/Authors 327
- Hinweis an die Verlage/Letter to Publishers 331
