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INTERSUBJECTIVITY
ONLY IN COMMUNICATION AM I
MYSELF NOT MERELY LIVING BUT
FULFILLING LIFE.
- KARL JASPERS
Sensitivity Check:
Answer the following as honestly as you can
and learn more about your temperament and
sensitivity in dealing with others.
1.
2.
Intensity
How strong are your emotional reactions? Do you find
yourself becoming easily upset or more low key? 1 2 3 4
5 (1 = mild reaction, 5 = intense reaction)
Persistence
If you are involved in an activity and you are asked to
stop, can you do so easily? When a task is frustrating,
do you find yourself letting go easily or pushing to
continue? 1 2 3 4 5 (1 = easily let go, 5 = lock in, don’t
let go)
3.
4.
Sensitivity
How aware are you of slight noises, differences in
temperature, taste, and textures? Do you react easily to
certain foods, tags in clothing, or irritating noises? 1 2 3
4 5 (1 = usually not sensitive, 5 = very sensitive)
Perceptiveness
How keenly aware are you of people, colors, noises,
and objects around you? Do you frequently forget to do
what you were going to do because something else has
caught your attention? 1 2 3 4 5 (1 = hardly ever notice,
5 = very perceptive)
5.
6.
7.
Adaptability
Do you quickly adapt to changes in your schedule or
routine? How do you cope with surprises? 1 2 3 4 5 (1
= slow to adapt, 5 = adapt quickly)
Regularity
How regular are your eating times, sleeping period, and
other bodily functions? 1 2 3 4 5 (1 = regular, 5 =
irregular)
Energy
Are you always on the move and busy or quiet? Do you
need to run and exercise in order to feel good? 1 2 3 4
5 (1 = quiet, 5 = active)
8.
First Reaction
How do you usually react to new places, people, or
activity? 1 2 3 4 5 (1 = jump right in, 5 = reject at
first)
9.
Mood
Do you feel mostly happy compared to the
analytical and serious? 1 2 3 4 5 (1 = usually positive,
5 = more serious and analytical)
Here’s what your scores mean.
 9 – 18 Cool or calm
 19 – 28 Lively or spunky
 29 – 45 Very Spirited
Objectives:
 Realize that intersubjectivity requires accepting differences
and not to imposing on others PPT11/12-IIc-6.1;
 Appreciate the talents and contributions of persons with
disabilities and those form the underprivileged sectors of
society PPT11/12-IId-6.1;
 Explain the authentic dialog means accepting others even
if they are different from themselves PPT11/12-IId-6.3; and
 Perform activities that demonstrate the talents of person
with disabilities and those form the underprivileged sectors
of society PPT11/12-Iie-6.4.
Human Existence of
Intersubjectivity
1
Direction:
Write the names
of people with
whom you have a
genuine
relationship.
Inside the space
provided, write
how they have
contributed to
your growth as a
person.
ME
Intersubjectivity refers to
interhuman encounter.
• More than recognition of
Understanding
Intersubjectivity
existence
• Acceptance of the
individuality
Acceptance means embracing
differences and diversity in terms of
attitudes, skills, physical and mental
attributes, and even choices and sense of
decision-making in life.
The
concept of love is the most fundamental
theme in discussing intersubjectivity.
Intersubjectivity
is viewed as how people
interact with others and how others influence
them to become ‘someone’ in the truest and
sincerest sense of the word.
For Edmund Husserl,
intersubjective experience plays a
significant role in the framework of a
person as both objectively existing and
experiencing subject;
interhuman experience is an emphatic
experience, as one is mirrored by his/her
kind and more often than not, subrogates
himself/herself into another’s shoes.
Intersubjectivity is also about accepting
people in different walks of life –
people who may not share the same views
and beliefs as the others;
people who may look beyond the ordinary;
people who have disabilities.
Religion
Gender
DIFFERENCES
Political views
Race
Person with disability (PWD)
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The World Health Organization estimates that
15% of any country's population has some form
of disability. In the Philippines in 2022, that
figure is good for almost 17 million Filipinos.
(http ://www.philstar.com, May 6, 2022)
List of PWD illness (defined by DOH)
RA 10524
oAccording to RA 10524, disabled individuals
(PWDs) have long-term physical, mental,
intellectual, or sensory impairments that,
combined with other impediments, may prevent
them from fully and equally participating in
society.
RA 7277
oPsychosocial disability, chronic illness-related
disability, learning disability, mental disability,
visual disability, orthopedic disability, and
communication impairment are the seven
different types of disabilities mentioned in RA
No. 7277.
Department of Health A.O. No.2009-0011
Psychosocial Disability
“Any acquired behavioral, cognitive, emotional
or social impairment that limits one or more
activities necessary for effective interpersonal
transaction and other civilizing process or
activities for daily living such as but not limited
to deviancy or antisocial behavior.”
Disability due to Chronic Illness
“Chronic Illness describes a group of health
conditions that last a long time. It may get
slowly worse over time or may become
permanent or it may lead to death. It may cause
permanent change to the body and it will
certainly affect the person’s quality of life.”
Learning Disability
“Any disorder in one or more of the basic
psychological processes (perception,
compression, thinking, etc.) involved in
understanding or in using spoken or written
language.”
Mental Disability
“Disability resulting from organic brain
syndrome (i.e. Mental retardation, acquired
lesions of the central nervous system, or
dementia) and or mental illness (psychotic or
non-psychotic disorder).”
Visual Disability
“A person with visual disability (impairment) is
one who has impairment of visual functioning
even after treatment and/or standard refractive
correction, and has visual acuity in the better
eye of less than (6/18 for low vision and 3/60 for
blind), or a visual field of less than 10 degrees
from the point of fixation.
oA certain level of visual impairment is defined
as legal blindness. One is legally blind when
your best corrected central visual acuity in your
better eye is 60/60 or worse or your side vision
is 20 degrees or less in the better eye.”
Orthopedic Disability
“Disability in the normal functioning of the joints,
muscles or limbs.”
Communication Disability
“An impairment in the process of speech,
language or hearing:
Hearing impairment is a total or partial loss of
hearing function which impedes the
communication process essential to language,
education, social and/or cultural interaction
“Speech and Language Impairment” mean one
or more speech/language disorders of voice,
articulation, rhythm and/or the receptive and
expressive process of language.”
oPWDs can also be classified as Qualified
Persons with Disabilities, which comprise
people with disabilities who, with appropriate
accommodations, can carry out the
responsibilities of the job they now have or
desire.
oPWDs with non-obvious disabilities like
psychosocial, learning, mental/intellectual,
visual, and hearing impairments must obtain a
certification attesting to their impairment from
the Department of Health through one of its
regional hospitals, medical centers, or specialty
hospitals to be eligible for accreditation.
How will you show your appreciation for the
contributions of the PWDs in the society?
1. Research about a product made by some groups of
Filipino PWDs. State why you chose this product.
2. Create a short essay about a PWD whom you
appreciate best. Highlight this person’s endeavors
which you think may inspire other people.
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Intersubjectivity of Human Beings
 Intersubjectivity
presupposes human
being’s connectivity with
other human beings
sharing the same situation
to create shared
meanings.
 Shared
meanings do not
eliminate individuality. The
unveiling of myself to other
human beings leads me to a
deeper knowledge of
myself: self-knowledge
towards the manifestation
and realization of selfhood.
1. Human being is a social being.
 Endowed
with reason, a human being
establishes a relationship with other created
beings. Such relationship is mediated by
actions expressed in words to transform their
environment.
 Communication
among humans is a necessity
and irreplaceable for it transforms the social
context and their perspective on existence
and meaning.
 Communication
is a dialogue between
thinking and acting persons who continuously
unveil, discover, and create themselves.
2. Human being is born and creates himself in social
interaction.
 The
existence of human being is the
consequence of social interaction particularly
between two unique individuals.
 Social
interaction becomes the matrix in
which a person participates, adopts, and
absorbs the value system, beliefs and
worldview that pervade and harmonize
among the individuals.
 The
social interaction among the members of
the family can be concretized in the Filipino
family in the spirit of ‘sakop’, a mechanism in
establishing a wider family relations which
result to extended ties.
The Dimensions of a
Nonrelational Self
Man cannot become himself in isolation.
- Karl Jaspers
The Self in Isolation
 One
form of isolation is
not recognizing the
existence of other human
beings, that is, not
establishing an open
communication with
others.
 Another
is consciously
leaving the
communicative situation;
hence, unable to unveil
and discover himself.
 Jaspers
points out that if this becomes absolute,
there is a danger of making a judgement and using it
as a basis of understanding of realities around him.
The Self in Realm of Pretentions
 Deception
is a hindrance
toward the establishment
of communicative
situation. If one pretends,
the other person accepts
false image; then
unfolding is impossible.
The Self in Realm of Manipulation
 Manipulation
between or
among persons occurs
when one says to the
other “I create your world
and you must only think,
feel, and act within its
boundary.”
“Your world view and understanding about the world
are according to the world that I have created for you.
You act according to the image that I set. As you do
it, I find satisfaction and security.”
The freedom to express and unveil one’s uniqueness
and the truth of oneself are not manifested and
shared.
Hence, growth is impossible to attain.
The Self in Realm of Selfishness
 Self-centeredness
is another factor that hinders the
communicative manifestation or vocative situation,
or dialogue between or among human beings.
A
person cannot grow and find his selfhood
 The “I” does not recognize other person as
a ‘subject’.
 Others are considered means to attain
personal satisfaction.
A LIFE OF
DIALOGUE
The Human Being as
Being-in-Dialogue
Man’s supreme achievement in this world is
communication from personality to personality.
- Karl Jaspers
ME, MYSELF, AND MY FRIEND
List down five good traits that you and your best friend
share. Reflect how these common traits contribute to
the bond of your friendship.
My Good Traits
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
My Best Friend’s Traits
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND DIALOGUE
•Self-consciousness begins with the consciousness
of another’s consciousness communicating each
other in a vocative situation or in a dialogue. The
existence of one’s consciousness depends on the
existence of other person’s existence.
•Gabriel Marcel believes that “self-consciousness is
in co-existence with other consciousness, that is, the
“self” (the I) only exists in so far as it treats itself as
being for another, with reference to another.
•Self-consciousness must always be expressed and
experienced in dialogue in mutual recognition of
each other’s being and subjectivity.
SELFHOOD AND DIALOGUE
•Human being’s selfhood is its individuality, selfbeing, self-realization and well-being.
•Selfhood is not:
being isolated that makes a human being
ambiguous
deciding to break oneself from communicative
manifestation
•Karl Jaspers affirms that dialogue fosters
individuality, self-identity and self-being of each
person in a dialogical situation, where every
experience unfolded becomes a tangible expression
of the self, and where everyone creates meaning to
sustain manifestation of selfhood.
•In a dialogue, each human being recognizes and
respects, accepts, and affirms one another’s
selfhood.
FREEDOM AND DIALOGUE: UNFOLDING OF
THE SELF
•The true expression of freedom occurs when it is
expressed both for one’s self-being but for the other’s
self-being.
•Human freedom can only find its true meaning in
relation to the freedom of another human being.
TRUTH AND DIALOGUE: MAKING PRESENT
•Truth about one’s self-being is always relational; and
it is unveiled through dialogical situation or
communicative manifestation.
•As a human being constantly communicates his
selfhood with another, he at the same time is
unveiling – making present – the truth of himself.
•Truth of self-being can never be revealed if one
enters into a pseudo relationship by choosing to live
in the world of seeming or ‘make believe world’.
Thinking Out Loud
• Make a short reflection on the kind of relationship that
you have established with one of your family members.
Consider the following points:
1. Why did you choose this relationship with
that person?
2. What kind of relationship you have
established with the person?
3. Does the relationship help you discover,
accept, and love your self more?