Subjectivity

the piano as part of Preisner’s unfinished symphony can be heard played on the piano. The piano briefly continues as she reads along a score she finds on the piano, before fading out as she folds the paper. Regarding this scene, Paulus writes the following: “If the theme had not been played on the piano or had not suddenly ended together with the folding of the piece of paper, one would have no hesitation in saying that it was background music. But in this scene Julie was very conscious of the music the source of which we did not see (we saw the piano, but not the pianist). This is, then, background music that can be considered metadiegetic because «from the point of view of the protagonist it is played very expressively, nourishing her subjectivity»” (7). This cleverly metadiegetic use of the piano further reinforces the viewer’s association between music and Julie’s subjective experience. At the same time, this scene also strengthens the connection between Julie and her past insofar as it is her deceased husband’s music that is playing in her head. Nearly halfway into the movie music makes what may be its most dramatic and forceful appearance throughout the entire film. This occurs in the first scene in which Julie is swimming at the pool. These scenes are always lighted and filtered to look extremely blue, so much so as to produce a consciously artificial atmosphere. The viewer knows from the outset that these scenes are expressing Julie’s perspective of the world. The…

This concept of personal subjective ‘right’ is what all people generally pursue, even if that person is bad in society’s view, that person it still pursuing their idea of what is right. This is because all people pursue their personal subjective ‘right’ and the strength of the human brains interest to pursue whatever that ‘right’ thing may be, is clearly evident here. A way to further emphasize this point could be to state that an Isis fighter committing what western society would consider…

The morality of every decision and action is objective. If morals are objective then as a society we may look back at certain actions and assess their morality. Just because an action or decision was agreed upon in the past or by certain parties as morally acceptable, it does not make those actions morally acceptable when we reflect up those times. That is why people and societies progress and reform in order to stray away from immoral actions. This contradicts the assessment made by J.L. Mackie…

the “Father of Existentialism”, one of Kierkegaard’s main themes is subjectivity and so, the way people relate themselves to the earthly truths. In his Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Kierkegaard states that “Truth is subjectivity” and that “faith” is the most profound form of subjectivity, and hence the highest truth of the individual. The purpose of this essay would be then to elucidate what he means by that. The above statement may seem paradoxical if we consider our common…

b.3. Subjectivity and Irreducibility Indeed, man has appeared in our analysis as the subject, and it is he as the subject that is experiencing himself. Nonetheless, the issue on the subjectivity of man lies on the delineation of philosophy with its different views and perspectives. Wojtyła is convinced that the line of demarcation between the subjectivistic (idealistic) and objectivistic (realistic) views in anthropology and ethics must break down and is in fact breaking down on the basis of…

Introduction There are different views about the objectivity and subjectivity in history. It has been remained one of the major and important concept in history or historical research and there is always being a conflict among the philosophers and the historians since before few decades. Such type of discussion and variance of opinions lead to the division between the traditional historians and the post-modernist historians. Both subjectivity and objectivity are the two component of history or…

To begin, the topic presented in week five reflected the taken for granted notion of sexual subjectivities. Entering this course, I was not aware of the significant influence culture and gendered roles had on sexual subjectivities. Through the lecture (Dundon, 2015), tutorial and readings of this week, (Lorway, 2010; Blackwood, 2010; Schwartz, 2007) I came to understand how sexual subjectivities are considered to be an individuals’ sense of self as a sexual being, which links to their sexual…

History is the past analyzed and recorded, it is not everything that ever happened or everything that historians have already written about. While the existence of subjectivity in history is not often questioned many philosophers have rejected the possibility of objective historical knowledge. This essay seeks to explain the ways in which history consists of both elements of objectivity and subjectivity. Objectivity refer to the lack of bias. With this being said there is no objective truth…

The thought behind Moral Truths is that there are ways that we can distinguish facts and evidence from personal claims. Objectivity in morality is empirical, giving people the knowledge and data to support their actions. By acting with Moral Objective Truths rather than Subjectivity, society will be driven more by facts and not opinions which will prove better in different circumstances. In this, we find the best ways in which one should act leading to better ethics taking place. The concepts of…

1. What is the relationship between subjectivity and identity (Pages 3-5)? Subjectivity and Identity often refer to one’s sense of being. The relationship between identity and subjectivity often displays people’s sense of being and ideologies. Identity often gives people a sense of being or a changeable personality, creating a way for individuals to explain themselves to society. Subjectivity builds on the belief that identity itself is often flawed, as it cannot be understood by the human…