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subjective

[suhb-jek-tiv] / səbˈdʒɛk tɪv /


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Even with major advances in neuroscience, scientists have yet to explain how subjective experience arises from physical brain processes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Musical tastes are subjective, but the feel-good hit plows through all barriers.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Yet despite enormous advances in neuroscience, the mechanism by which the brain generates subjective experience remains unknown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The production works best when the play’s expressionistic flourishes invite theatergoers to consider more deeply the subjective experiences and societal subtexts that are being externalized.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

In the Essays Montaigne was making a fundamental claim about our knowledge of the world, that knowledge is always subjective, personal.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton