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Intersubjectivity: intersubjectivity is the mutual recognition of an inner life by conscious subjects. The precondition is the conscious recognition of one's own inner life by a subject, as well as the assumption that other subjects share the main features of the inner constitution which the subject identifies in itself. These include language, sensation of pain, memory capability, the drive for self-preservation, and certain interests. Intersubjectivity is used by some authors as a substitute for an objectivity, which is regarded as unachievable.
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Peter Gärdenfors on Intersubjectivity - Dictionary of Arguments

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Definition Intersubjectivity/Gärdenfors: means, in the context of the study of semantic domains, the sharing and representation of the beliefs and the mental states of others.
Philosophy: intersubjectivity is often understood here as a kind of "theory of the mind" (see Tomasello 1999(1), Premack & Woodruff, 1978(2), Gärdenfors, 2003(3)).
Gärdenfors: I avoid the term.
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I divide it instead into 5 skills:
1. to represent the feelings of others (empathy) (Preston & de Waal, 2003(4), Stern 1985(5))
2. to represent the attention of others (Emery, 2000(6); Kaminski, Riedel, Call & Tomasello, 2005(7));
Bugnyar, Stöwe, & Heinrich, 2004(8))
3. to represent the wishes of others (Repacholi & Gropnik, 1997(9); Wellman & Liu, 2004(10)).
4. to represent the intentions of others (Michotte, 1963(11), Tomasello et al., 2005(12))
2. to represent the knowledge and beliefs of others (Tomasello and Call 2006(13)).



1. Tomasello, M. (1999). The cultural origins of human cognition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
2. Premack, D. & Woodruff (1978). Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 4, 515-526
3. Gärdenfors, P. (2003). How Homo became Sypiens: On the evolution of thinking. Oxford.
4. Preston, S. D. & de Waal, F. (2003). Empathy: It's ultimate and proximal bases. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25, 1-72
5. Stern, D. N. (1985). The interpersonal world of the infant: A view from psychoanalysis and developmental psychology. New York: Basic Books
6. Emery, N. J. (2000). The eyes have it: The neuroethology, function, and evolution of social gaze. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 24, 581-604
7. Kaminski,J., Riedel, J., Call, J. & Tomasello, M. (2005).Domestic goats, Capra hircus, follow gaze direction and use social cues in an object task. Animal Behaviour, 69, 11-18
8. Bugnyar, T. Stöwe, M. & Heinrich, B. (2004). Ravens, Corvus corax follow gaze direction of humans around obstacles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences, 271, 1331-1336
9. Repacholi, B. & Gropnik, A. (1997). Early understanding of desires: Evidence from 14 and 18 month olds. Developmental Psychology, 33, 12-21
10. Wellman, H. M. & Liu, D. (2004). Scaling of theory-of-mind tasks. Child Development, 75, 523-541
11. Michotte, A. (1963). The perception of causality, London: Methuen.
12. Tomasello, M. Carpenter, M. Call, J. Behne, T. & Moll, H. (2005). Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 675-735.
13. Tomasello, M. & Call, J. (2006) Do chimpanzees know what others see - or only what they are looking at? In S. Hurley & M. Nudds (Eds.) Rational animals (pp. 371-384). Oxford: Oxford University Press


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