INTERSUBJECTIVITY

Man and fellowman

Part I
PRINCIPLE OF PATERNALISM
🞂 . "Paternalism" comes from the Latin pater, meaning to
act like a father, or to treat another person like a child.
parentalism
🞂 • In modern philosophy and jurisprudence, it is to act
for the good of another person without that person's
consent, as parents do for children
Intersubjectivity is…
🞂 is an interaction between self and
other which mutual recognition of
each other as persons is.
🞂A unique relationship between
distinct subjects.
intersubjectivity
🞂 A unique relationship between distinct subjects

🞂 Characteristic of the human person to engage in a very

intimate and personal relationship with others who are
different from him but who are also like him.
◦ Sharing griefs, joy, and love
Existentialism and Phenomenology concepts about interpersonal relations. These
philosophies relate the concept of interpersonal relations to self-awareness and
transcendence

🞂 “Self”- Existentialist defines the “self” being aware in himself or herself.

🞂 “0ther” generally refers to the objects outside of the personal experience.

🞂 Self + others = intersubjectivity (if there is interaction)

🞂 Self + others = interpersonal relation (if there is recognizing the self in the other)

🞂 Intersubjectivity is a philosophical concept that refer to

interaction between the self and the other which is the
shared awareness and understanding among persons.
awareness
🞂 There is a deeper level of interaction between self and
other

🞂 Self-consciousness –it is a characteristic of self-other

relationship
example: awareness of the person staring at
you or human gaze

🞂 The awareness of the person staring at you will

initially result in feelings of consciousness.
Jean Paul Sartre
He said that you are limiting a person’s possibilities by a
look.This is evident when you
stereotype or label a person based on his or her appearance
or certain actions.

When you label a person through a

look, you take away that freedom of becoming (Abella, 2016).

Like when you label a person “stupid” because of his

action, you take away from him the possibilities to do good
and right.
Edmund Husserl

🞂 believes that
intersubjectivity is more
than just shared
understanding, but it is
the
🞂 capability to put oneself
in the place where the
other is.
Rene Descartes

🞂 He contended that all extended beings including

man’s body are uncertain. To get rid of this illusion in
order to secure the foundation of inquiry, he introduced
methodic doubt which claimed that whatever doubt it is,
there is one thing that cannot be doubted, that he is
thinking. Under this theory:
the body is just a window of our sense organs, in which
human consciousness secure the possibility of
intersubjectivity (Fulbrook, 2004).
INTERSUBJECTIVITY
Man and fellowman
Part II
Objectives
🞂 A.Discuss and intepret body sign languages in
dialogue
🞂 B.Cite examples of personalities that contributed in our
society
🞂 Realize the importance of intersubjectivity on Social
and Interhuman spheres
Asperger’s Characteristics

🞂 Intellectual or Artistic
Interest
🞂 Speech Problems
🞂 Delayed Motor
Development
🞂 Poor Social Skills
🞂 The Development of
Harmful Psychological
Problems
Asperger’s Characteristics

🞂 Intellectual or Artistic
Interest
🞂 Speech Problems
🞂 Delayed Motor
Development
🞂 Poor Social Skills
🞂 The Development of
Harmful Psychological
Problems
Asperger’s Characteristics

🞂 Intellectual or Artistic
Interest
🞂 Speech Problems
🞂 Delayed Motor
Development
🞂 Poor Social Skills
🞂 The Development of
Harmful Psychological
Problems
Asperger’s Characteristics

🞂 Intellectual or Artistic
Interest
🞂 Speech Problems
🞂 Delayed Motor
Development
🞂 Poor Social Skills
🞂 The Development of
Harmful Psychological
Problems
Asperger’s Characteristics

🞂 Intellectual or Artistic
Interest
🞂 Speech Problems
🞂 Delayed Motor
Development
🞂 Poor Social Skills
🞂 The Development of
Harmful Psychological
Problems
Can a PWD people be of
help in our Society?
🞂 Intellectual or Artistic
Interest
🞂 Speech Problems
🞂 Delayed Motor
Development
🞂 Poor Social Skills
🞂 The Development of
Harmful Psychological
Problems
Martin Buber (1878—1965)
Martin Buber was a prominent twentieth century philosopher, religious
thinker, political activist and educator. Born in Austria, he spent most of
his life in Germany and Israel, writing in German and Hebrew. He is best
known for his 1923 book, Ich und Du (I and Thou)

BUBER’S SPHERES
I-I type of relationship/monologic
🞂 cannot be classified as a
dialogue. The I never really hears what the other
is saying because, in the first place, I never wants
to listen.
I-Thou and I-It
I-IT (Social sphere)
Monologic

🞂 valued being the object of

interest/concern because
of his contribution
Interhuman-I -Thou/Dialogic

🞂 Valued
Communicating with
each other in truth
Activity: Explain how is the image described according to Buber's spheres (2 mins)

I-THOU I-I I-IT

I-I, I-Thou and I -It
I-Thou , I-I and I -It
I-THou I-IT I-I
I-I , I-Thou and I -It
Dialogue

🞂 Is an interaction between persons that happened

through speech or the use of words,
expressions, and body language
🞂 It is more than a conversation

🞂 dialogue becomes the sign and the central

concept of the true education, “without dialogue there is no
communication, and
without communication, there can be no true education
(Nguyen, 2019).
We lived in a diverse world:
physical, social, ethnical, cultural
and others. How do you avoid?
We lived in a lived world: physical, social,
ethnical, cultural and others
🞂 To avoid this, we must establish friendly associations and mutual
understanding with other people, and these can be
initiated by accepting differences and embracing diversity since these values
are two of the several significant virtues connected to intersubjectivity. We
must respect others who are different from us and accept that these people
have their own views and opinions on various matters. We need to avoid
making premature judgments, gain new insights, and live in peace and
harmony with others while upholding diversity. Silencing our minds and
opening our ears are greatly beneficial to all, especially to the individuals who
are experiencing different forms of discrimination and burdens in life and are
stuck inside our preconceptions such as the persons with disabilities (PWDs)
and the underprivileged.
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)

🞂 According to the United Nations (UN) Convention

on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the term
“persons with disabilities” is used to apply to those
persons who have long-term physical,
psychological, intellectual, or sensory impairments
which in interaction with several unreasonable or
discriminatory barriers may obstruct their full and
active participation as equal members of the
society.
Summary:
🞂 Martin Buber, an Austrian Philosopher introduced
the I-It( Monologic/Social and I-thou
(Dialogic/Interhuman). And communicating with
each other in truth is the I-Thou.
🞂  Authentic dialogue occurs when people recognize
that they are part of a greater whole and can relate
with others within the whole. There is authentic
dialogue when individuals know how to set aside
their personal biases and put themselves into the
situation of others through communarization.
Assignment: ASYNCHRONOUS WORK
Quiz: 1/2 sheet of x-wise paper
🞂 Give one example of situation and discuss on

🞂 I-thou
🞂 I-It
INTERSUBJECTIVITY
Man and fellowman
Part III
Objectives

A. to discuss obstacles in
dialogue
B. to have a roleplay of examples
of obstacles
C. to realize the interaction of
intersubjectivity with others
RECAP

🞂 _______Is an interaction between persons that

happened through speech or the use of words,
expressions, and body language.
RECAP

🞂 DIALOGUE s an interaction between persons that

happened through speech or the use of words,
expressions, and body language.
HOW WILL YOU KNOW If A PERSON IS
TRUTHFUL TO YOU?
Obstacles of dialogue

seeming
speechifying
imposition
Seeming- proceeds from what one wishes to
seem
🞂 An individual presents himself in a certain way when
dealing with others.

This is unconscious, natural act on the part of humans

They behave in certain way inorder to intentionally deceive and
manipulate people
PLASTIC, SIPSIP
Being- ”I approach the other from what I really am,
not wanting to impress on the other.”

🞂 proceeds from what one really is, and the look of

Being is spontaneous, without reserve, natural.

.
Speechifying

🞂 It is talking past one another ;in contrast to personal-

making present.
🞂 For Sartre, this is the impassable walls between
partners in conversation.
The third obstacle to dialogue is
IMPOSITION, in contrast to
UNFOLDING which
🞂 is finding in the other the disposition
towards what I myself recognized as true
good and beautiful.
Imposition is dictating my own
opinion, attitude, myself on the
other.
How does intersubjectivity define
interaction with others

🞂 POSITIVE:
🞂 EMPATHY
🞂 AVAILABILITY
🞂 ETHICS OF CARE

NEGATIVE:
ALIENATION
Marks of Genuine Dialogue
🞂 a. Fulfilled in its being
🞂 b. Between partners who have turned toward
another in truth
🞂 c. Who express themselves without reserve and
are free of desire for resemblance
🞂 d. Fruitful
To summarize:

🞂genuine dialogue is turning to the

partner in all truth.
🞂Genuine dialogue occurs when
persons are willing to share
themselves with one another.
🞂 The awareness of each other's presence
as a true person is defined by the the
acceptance of each other's uniqueness
and differences
Roleplay(5min)

◦ Interpret:

◦ 1. When a Teacher is practicing IMPOSITION

◦ 2. When a student is practicing SEEMING

◦ 3. When a parent is practicing BEING

◦ 4. When groupmates are practicing SPEECHIFYING.

◦ 5. When a classmate is practicing UNFOLDING.

ASSESSMENT: True/false
🞂 1. MAN HAS THE NATURAL TENDENCY TO
ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER
PEOPLE.

🞂 2. WE ARE PRIMARILY AWARE OF PEOPLE AS

OBJECTS AND NOT AS PERSONS

🞂 3. THE VIEWS AND IDEAS OF OTHER PEOPLE,

AS WELL AS SOCIAL CONTEXT, DO NOT
INFLUENCE OUR BEHAVIOR AS INDIVIDUALS .
🞂 4. INTERSUBJECTIVITY REFERS TO SHARED
AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING.

🞂 5. “SEEMING” REFERS TO THE CAPACITY OF

INDIVIDUALS TO ENGAGE IN GENUINE
INTERACTION WITH OTHERS.

🞂 6. AN AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIP IS POSSIBLE

ONLY IF INDIVIDUAL ACKNOWLEDGE EACH
OTHER’S PRESENCE AS PERSONS.
🞂 7. AVAILABILITY REFERS TO THE
WILLINGNESS OF A PERSON TO MAKE
HIMSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER.

🞂 8. ALL HUMANS FIND IT DIFFICULT TO HAVE

MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS

🞂 9. EMPATHY REQUIRES AN INDIVIDUAL TO

ACCEPT THE OTHER AS A THINKING, FEELING
PERSON.
🞂 10. ETHICS OF CARE BELIEVES THAT PERSONS
HELP ONE ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THEIR
SELFISH INTEREST.
 Answers:
1. true
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. True
8. False
9. True
10. False
Rubric: Dance for Intersubjectivity
criteria 1 2 3 4 5
interpretation of the song
Coordination of song and sign language
Novelty
Overall impact

Total:
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
and Underprivileged Sectors of the
Society
We are living in an extremely diverse
world.
Everyone
UNIQUE
PERSONAL
(EMOTION) SOCIAL CULTURAL
COGNITIVE

TO AVOID DIVERSITY, CONFLICTS, &

MISUNDERSTANDING…
…We should create friendly associations and mutual
understanding with other people
…
 Initiated by accepting differences and
embracing diversity by means of…
1. Respect others who are different from us and accept
that these people have their own views and opinions on
various matters.
2. We need to avoid making premature judgments, gain
new insights,
3. Live in peace and harmony with others while
upholding diversity.
4. Silencing our minds and opening our ears are greatly
beneficial to all, especially to the individuals who are
experiencing different forms of discrimination like
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 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
🞂 used to apply to those persons who have long-
term physical, psychological, intellectual, or
sensory impairments which in interaction with
several unreasonable or discriminatory
barriers may obstruct their full and active
participation as equal members of the society.
🞂 Ref: United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
Negative attitudes and perceptions
toward persons with disabilities
🞂 lesser human beings
🞂 lifetime burdens
🞂 poor academic and vocational outcomes.
Positive and supportive attitudes toward
the persons with disabilities
🞂 elimination of these discriminatory

impairments in our society

🞂 unleash their potential and become
effective and happy members of the
society
🞂 the promotion of positive and supportive attitudes toward the persons with
disabilities should be done in order that these people will be able to live
their precious lives as fine as the people who are fully able in body and
mind live theirs.
Many of them have successfully surpassed their physical
limitations to have a productive life and become victorious in
their respective fields.

🞂 Roselle Ambubuyog, the blind mathematician

🞂 Arnold Balais, amputee, team captain of the
Philippine Accessible Disability Services,
🞂 Fatima Soriano, blind inspirational singer
🞂 Nonoy Zuniga, amputee balladeer, medical doctor
🞂 Thristan Mendoza,with autism, marimba player
Famous People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Albert Einstein—Scientist and Mathematician. ...

• Dan Aykroyd—Actor and Screenwriter. ...
• Anthony Hopkins—Actor. ...
• Tim Burton—Movie Director. ...
• Charles Darwin—Naturalist, Geologist, and
Biologist. ... Underprivileged Sectors of the
Society
• Emily Dickinson—Author. ...
• Bobby Fischer—Master Chess Player.
Underprivileged Sectors of the Society
🞂 underprivileged is being described as the
group of people that is suffering from different
forms of social deprivation such as denial of
the enjoyment of similar level of comfort
and/or fundamental rights as most of the
members of a civilized society due to several
economic and social circumstances.
Underprivileged Sectors of the Society
🞂 Thisgroup is less in terms of material
possessions and basic social benefits, like
education and health services, in
comparison to most of the people in a
certain society.
Underprivileged Sectors of the Society

🞂 this group of individuals is facing

various dimensions of poverty, such
as income poverty, health
deprivation, human rights violations,
gender inequity, and many more.
Underprivileged group
🞂 marginalized group like jeepney, drivers, farmers,
fisherfolks, and many more, are also considered as
underprivileged
🞂 incapacitated many members of the human society like
women, children, and the LGBT community, wherein
all are classified as underprivileged.
Marginalization,
🞂 It is the act of downgrading a person, a
class of people, or a concept to an
insignificant, secondary, or powerless
situation in a society.
Philippine National Police's - Women and Children
Protection Center (PNP-WCPC),

Rape cases in the Philippines

🞂 7,197 on Jan. 1 to Nov. 13, 2022
🞂 8,460 on 2021
🞂 9,503 in 2020.
Corporate SOGIE Diversity and
Inclusiveness (CSDI) Index,
🞂 a study that was administered by the
Philippine LGBT Chamber of Commerce and
research firm Cogencia and was participated
by 100 Philippine-based companies, not a
single Filipino company has any implementing
policy that will protect their employees who
are members of the LGBT community from
various forms of discrimination within the
working environment.
 Emmanuel Levinas (1905-1995), a French
philosopher,
-the courage to defend them from any form of social
deprivation and discrimination.
- voicing out our concerns and obligating our
government officials to enact bills and ordinances, or strictly
implement the laws

-sincerely and consistently joining in campaigns or

movements that seek to empower them
Emmanuel Levinas (1905-1995), a French
philosopher,
-it is our moral duty to uphold human
dignity and importance of life, because
even though we are totally different
from each other, our shared dignity and
humanity is the thing that unifies
us all.
Asynchronous work for May 12, 2023