Objectivism vs. Subjectivism

(Philosophy) One of several doctrines holding that all reality is objective and external to the mind and that knowledge is reliably based on observed objects and events.

The quality of being subjective.

An emphasis on objects rather than feelings or thoughts in literature or art.

The doctrine that all knowledge is restricted to the conscious self and its sensory states.

Objectivism A school of modernist poetry emphasizing the poem itself as object, rather than focusing on its ostensible content.

A theory or doctrine that emphasizes the subjective elements in experience.

The state of being objective; objectivity.

Any of various theories holding that the only valid standard of judgment is that of the individual. For example, ethical subjectivism holds that individual conscience is the only appropriate standard for moral judgment.

Moral objectivism.

(metaphysics) The doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind.

(philosophy) Any of several doctrines that holds that all of reality is objective and exists outside of the mind.

(epistemology) The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition.

The specific objectivist philosophy created by novelist Ayn Rand, endorsing logical reasoning and self-interest.

(ethics) The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.

Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience

The quality of being subjective