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Philosophies · Philosophers · List of lists Subjectivity refers
to a person's perspective or opinion, particular feelings,
beliefs, and desires. It is often used casually to refer to
unsubstantiated personal opinions, in contrast to knowledge and
fact-based beliefs. In philosophy, the term is often contrasted
with objectivity. Subjectivity emphasizes an individual's having
not just a passive relationship to the world and the sense
impressions it causes, but also agency, an active engagement
with that material. Agency might be thought to occur simply in
the act of interpretation of sense data, making choices about
how to allocate meanings to those data. Or it might be thought
to occur in a stronger sense, acting upon