My doppelganger disagrees with me about the existence of my - or is it our  -
inner world(s). S/he is from Fiji. Or thereabouts. So s/he says. 
But s/he - or is it me - paints quite well...
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What, exactly, is an "inner world?" The cultures I know of are Polynesian.
C

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Yes, very interesting - where are they? 
 How come an artist paints in a style that we all recognise for his or her
style, if they are not a person and don't perceive their own inner needs? 
 
One can take social construction perhaps too far, as we do exist as
individuals, unique ones at that, in term of our blood, genes, fingerprints
and unique set of emotions and thoughts. These we can at leisure observe from
the inside - and from the outside via other peoples' social constructions of
us -  as Helen said; we are each necessarily the best observer of our inner
world, or observers, if you have multiple personalities,
 
Greta 
 
 

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that sounds interesting - which cultures are these?

 

Tim

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You have to believe in the concept of "persons" to write this. All over the
world people do indeed believe they change by the minute - in some cultures
"responsibility" for the self is unknown because "selves" change daily -
hence you can't be held responsible for something done yesterday - and
"achievement" is unheard of

Craig

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Dear Philosophical of Birmingham
 
You raise some interesting points.  I think that we are the best observers of
our inner world and in that sense we are the most objective viewers of our
experience.   Through language we can have some shared understanding and of
course language is an extremely useful tool but it is always limited. 
 
Your post script about true selves as the subjective is also interesting.  Do
we become another person when we change our minds, when we move, change/lose
our jobs/parents.  I doubt it?!

Helen 
 



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Dear all
 
Helen's revival of this dialogue coincides with a brief discussion of social
constructionism today in my place of work.
  
Does a subjective experience imply the existence of an individual "subject"
that is separate from that which is being experienced? If our experiences are
all socially constructed then this separation is problematic, as we cannot
separate ourselves from the social processes through which we encounter
ourselves and the world. In a sense, therefore, all of our experiences are
non-subjective, as they are constructed through our collective languaging,
thinking and practice, although "we" (as individual organisms) seem to be
aware of something going on (and are, therefore, having an experience). 
  
Is that what you were saying, Helen, when you referred to the notion of "what
one observes in the here and now without language (if that is ever
possible)"? 
  
So, although in "our society" we are construed as individuals who have
subjective experiences, this is itself a social construction. 
  
What would a critical realist response to this be? Would it be to say that
all social practices perform a social function and that, while they are all
ultimately based on one set of indefensible assumptions or another, it is
their effects in the "real world" that matter. We can observe and experience
their effects for ourselves (referring, if we like, to our "subjective
experiences") and can perceive their effects on those around us. We can see
who wins and who loses through the "winning out" of one version of reality or
another. 
  
This takes me back to the question that David Fryer suggests we ask, "In
whose interest is it that this should be believed?" 
  
Cheers 
  
Philosophical of Birmingham 
  
  
PS I wonder also whether the term subjective in the context of taking
anti-psychotic drugs refers to the notion of a "true self". Whether that is
the self that is "sane", "experiencing psychosis", or "taking anti-psychotic
drugs" is beyond me. 
  




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Maybe what one observes in the here and now without language (if that is ever
possible)!
  
Helen 
  



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Hi craig 
  
Hmmm. serious and interesting question.  I need to be more cautious about
what I reproduce with the copy-and-paste function!! 
  
I wonder whether it was a way of presenting people's experiences that suited
ACTA PSYCHIATRICA 
SCANDINAVICA who published the article.  A bit like the BPS calling this
months 'beyond cbt' theme in the Psychologist mag an 'opinion special'. 
  
suzanne 
  



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Suzanne, Serious question: What is a non-subjective experience?

Craig

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Hi everyone
  
Someone sent me a link to this paper (below), I haven't looked at the full
article yet, but it looks interesting.
  
Suzanne 
  
Below is a summary of the findings of an interesting study looking at the
personal experience of taking antipsychotic medication. The full paper can be
reached at www.mentalhealth.freeuk.com/acta.pdf 
  
The subjective experience of taking antipsychotic medication: a content
analysis of Internet data 
  
Significant outcomes 
. Sedation, impaired cognition and emotional flattening and indifference were
most frequently 
associated with all the drugs examined. Few respondents mentioned pleasant
effects such as calmness 
or relaxation. 
. Although, the main subjective effects were shared by the different
antipsychotics, they were 
associated with a different profile of physical effects. 
. Some respondents described a beneficial impact of the main subjective
mental effects of the 
antipsychotic drugs on their psychiatric symptoms. 
  
Limitations 
. The generalisability of data from Internet users is uncertain, and a bias
towards negative comments 
may exist. However, the demographic and clinical profile of respondents
resembles that of recipients 
of out-patient prescriptions of antipsychotics. 
. Little information on dose or concurrent medications was available. 
. We could not assess the prevalence 
  
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