Intersubjectivity, Social Objectivity, and the Free & Equal Other | Existential Basics ep.6

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A conclusion to the #ExistentialBasics, and an exploration of the interaction between the ideas of INTERSUBJECTIVITY, FACTICITY, and the way in which we as SOCIAL ANIMALS come together to create a SOCIAL OBJECTIVITY.

Through the exercise of an Empirical philosophy, we are able to both observe and infer that, in reality, the human being is a creature which simultaneously occupies three distinct modes of existence.

The first is INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTIVITY: the mode in which Man acts and exists as a SUBJECT within a world of OBJECTS. This mode is what Sartre refers to when he introduces the concept of NOTHINGNESS.

The second is METAPHYSICAL OBJECTIVITY: the mode in which we must infer that we exist as physical OBJECTS in an inaccessible, metaphysical world of OBJECTS. This mode is what Sartre refers to when he makes use of the concept of BEING.

The third is SOCIAL OBJECTIVITY: the result of our INTERSUBJECTIVE status, and the mode in which we exist as OBJECTS in the eyes of other SUBJECTS, and in which other SUBJECTS appear to us as OBJECTS in our own eyes. This mode is what Sartre refers to when he makes use of the concept of FACTICITY.
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#ExistentialBasics is a series exploring the basics and fundamentals of #ExistentialPhilosophy.

#Existentialism is, at its core, a fundamentally empirical discipline. What this means is that it can be easily broken down into simple, straightforward concepts which can be taught, learned, and understood by anyone, just like any other field of study.

This is our goal: to communicate the core concepts of Existential Philosophy in a way which can be understood and appreciated by anyone.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:18 - 1: Intersubjectivity
4:22 - 2: Subjective Objectivity; a Different Kind of Dualism
7:31 - 3: The Three Modes of Existence
9:12 - 4: Conclusions
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[DanielleAlexandriaAlchemy]

Very comprehensive; and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much 🤗

[kevung]

The more individuals understand existentialism, the more we mature as a collective entity. As we learn to live together and respect each other's humanity, we grow as a race. This means one does need not be afraid of individual death if you know that you've contributed to your society in a positive way. We live on...through it. Amazing

[strawcatz]

Your best video yet. It's an effective explanation of the idea of intersubjectivity that anyone can understand. It's good to see that the way Sartre employs this idea to establish his humanism is so much simpler than some people think. And pretty bulletproof from what I can discern.

It also seems to be a more elegant alternative way of establishing the WE in "I rebel, therefore we exist." I don't think one has to choose between Camus and Sartre, though. If they're both humanists who condemn xenophobia and nationalism if it means weighing humans unequally, then I think we can simply be grateful that we have more than one rationale by which to defend humanism.

[deathofanotion]

Some of us are also Subjects WITHIN Subjectivity, as in the cases where we mutually agree to choose to act differently around other people in different contexts. Kind of a fluid social identity of sorts.

[sskpsp]

Yeah I got reminded of the Two Truths concept again here about conventional vs ultimate reality...although Husserl goes more fine-grained and introduces intersubjectivity. A question though, maybe somewhat silly: the 3 modes you list don't exhaust all the combinations; I see "subjects in a world of subjects" remaining. Is there any worthwhile interpretation of that? I either see it as 1) an impossibility (subjects cannot KNOW other subjects as such, only recognize THAT they are subjects behind the image of the object eg. their body that can be present in our vision; otherwise we're talking about some kind of hive mind), or 2) something more wholesome, such as a mental state invoked by deep empathy.

That second one seems interesting to me since again I see a connection to Buddhism, specifically Metta, which is sometimes interpreted as an actual mental state of consciousness above the normal one, the one taken up under Dasein. Then also more empirically, there are the mental states studied to be induced by psychoactive drugs which seem to remove our sense of objectivity and heighten subjectivity eg. the person no longer senses things as such with physical boundaries and usefulness and seems to connect with the external world as a single subject.

I realize that sounds like I'm going off the deep end lol but I think it could be tied to some empirical understanding at least