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“We all think of ourselves as our subjectivity, our consciousness.”

Thinking Consciousness Subjectivity

Author:Vijay Seshadri

“every subjective phenomenon is essentially connected with a single point of view, and it seems inevitable that an objective, physical theory will abandon that point of view.”

Seems Views Consciousness Theory Connected Point Of View Objectives Inevitable Abandon Phenomenon Subjective Subjectivity

Book:Mortal Questions

Source: Mortal Questions

“As the ego cogito, subjectivity is the consciousness that represents something, relates this representation back to itself, and so gathers with itself.”

Consciousness Ego Relate Representation Subjectivity

Author:Martin Heidegger

“Philosophy is the self-correction by consciousness of its own initial excess of subjectivity.”

Self Philosophy Consciousness Excess Initials Corrections Subjectivity

Book:Process and Reality

Source: Process and Reality

“You know, mind allows us to portray in different sensory modalities, visual, auditory, olfactory, you name it, what we are like and what the world is like. But this very, very important quality of subjectivity, this quality that allows us to take a distant view and say, "I am here, I exist, I have a life and there are things around me that refer to me." That me-ness, M-E-hyphen, that is what really constitutes consciousness.”

Knows World Mind Important Different Names Views Consciousness Quality Visuals Subjectivity Sensory Auditory Hyphens

Author:Antonio Damasio

“In the heart of consciousness is subjectivity, this sense of having a self that observes one's own organism and the world around that organism. That is really the heart of consciousness.”

World Heart Self Consciousness Organisms Subjectivity

Author:Antonio Damasio

“Cynicism is something that is part of the media production of a certain type of subjectivity or consciousness that is passive and disempowered, cynical, fatalistic, pessimistic.”

Certain Consciousness Media Type Productions Cynical Cynicism Passive Pessimistic Subjectivity

Author:Daniel Pinchbeck