Objectivism vs. Subjectivism

Objectivism vs. Subjectivism — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Objectivism and Subjectivism

Objectivismnoun

The state of being objective.

Subjectivismnoun

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

Objectivismnoun

Moral objectivism.

Subjectivismnoun

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

Objectivismnoun

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

Subjectivismnoun

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

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Objectivismnoun

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

Subjectivismnoun

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

Subjectivismnoun

the quality of being subjective