Ask Mark 2.7 - Meaning of subjectivity (podcast)
Ask Mark 2.7 - Meaning of subjectivity (podcast)
Professor Mark Solms from the University of Cape Town (UCT) a question (see below) posed to him on UCT's free online course, "What is a Mind?", hosted by FutureLearn. For more information on visit http://bit.ly/1JB2Dxf .
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Question: Please expand on what subjectivity means - this week we have for example looked at colours, at computers trying to be human - carpets cannot do these, yet have subjectivity? There is my subjective experience of a carpet, but I can’t see the carpet itself exhibiting its own subjectivity. If we can only know our own minds, how can we recognize the “subjective aspect” of another entity?