Intersubjectivity The study of intersubjectivity seeks to answer questions such as these: how do we know other minds? Other selves? How is reciprocity of perspectives possible? How is mutual understanding and communication possible Intersubjectivity exists in the "vivid present in which we speak and listen to each other. We share the same time and space with others This simultaneity is the essence of intersubjectivity, for it means that i grasp the subjectivity of the alter ego at the same time as I li in my own stream of consciousness. and this grasp in simultaneity of the other as well as his reciprocal grasp of me makes possibleour being in the world together. Though both focused on subjectivity, phenomenological philosophers within the realm of consciousness and Schutz in the social worldIntersubjectivity • The study of intersubjectivity seeks to answer questions such as these: How do we know other minds? Other selves? How is reciprocity of perspectives possible? How is mutual understanding and communication possible • Intersubjectivity exists in the “vivid present” in which we speak and listen to each other. We share the same time and space with others. “This simultaneity is the essence of intersubjectivity, for it means that I grasp the subjectivity of the alter ego at the same time as I live in my own stream of consciousness. And this grasp in simultaneity of the other as well as his reciprocal grasp of me makes possible our being in the world together. • Though both focused on subjectivity, phenomenological philosophers within the realm of consciousness and Schutz in the social world