INTERSUBJECTIVITY
Charles François (2004). INTERSUBJECTIVITY, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1768.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1768 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences |
The result of the process of mental and psychological interaction among individuals.
As observers gain knowledge of their environment only within the limits of their own internal perceptive and conceptual capacity (as a result of organizational closure), intersubjectivity, hopefully leading to consensus, becomes the unavoidable substitute for objectivity, which is merely an abstract and idealized concept. In K. KRIPPENDORFF's words: “Intersubjective verifiability is a weaker but more easily achievable form of objectivity” (1986, p.41). We would say, in this case, that the very meaning of “objectivity” must be deliberately adapted.