subjectivism
noun
sub·jec·tiv·ism
(ˌ)səb-ˈjek-ti-ˌvi-zəm 
1
a
: a theory that limits knowledge to subjective experience
b
: a theory that stresses the subjective elements in experience
2
a
: a doctrine that the supreme good is the realization of a subjective experience or feeling (such as pleasure)
b
: a doctrine that individual feeling or apprehension is the ultimate criterion of the good and the right
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The quote in my review that expresses the strongest subjectivism, though, the quote that seems to send him toward a kind of solipsism, is from the introduction to his earlier Theoretical Biology.
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Peter Godfrey-Smith, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2024
Stacking three narratives—each taking place over three distinct time windows— Nolan collapses each onto the others, making a week feel like a day feel like a couple of hours, and capturing the subjectivism of time, all while simultaneously using these tricks in the service of suspense and story.
—Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
The result was a kind of radical subjectivism.
—Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
In place of the aspiration to accumulate knowledge of the world through careful observation and deliberation, critical theory asserted a radical subjectivism that rooted knowledge in experience and emotion.
—Francis Fukuyama, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
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Peter Godfrey-Smith, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2024
Stacking three narratives—each taking place over three distinct time windows— Nolan collapses each onto the others, making a week feel like a day feel like a couple of hours, and capturing the subjectivism of time, all while simultaneously using these tricks in the service of suspense and story.
—Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
The result was a kind of radical subjectivism.
—Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
In place of the aspiration to accumulate knowledge of the world through careful observation and deliberation, critical theory asserted a radical subjectivism that rooted knowledge in experience and emotion.
—Francis Fukuyama, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
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“Subjectivism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subjectivism. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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