Relativism vs. Subjectivism

Relativismnoun

The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.

Relativismnoun

A specific such theory, advocated by a particular philosopher or school of thought.

Relativismnoun

(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved

Relativism

Relativism is a family of philosophical views which deny claims to objectivity within a particular domain and assert that facts in that domain are relative to the perspective of an observer or the context in which they are assessed. There are many different forms of relativism, with a great deal of variation in scope and differing degrees of controversy among them.

Subjectivismnoun

(metaphysics) The doctrine that reality is created or shaped by the mind.

Subjectivismnoun

(epistemology) The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition

Subjectivismnoun

(ethics) The doctrine that values and moral principles come from attitudes, convention, whim, or preference.

Subjectivismnoun

Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.

Subjectivismnoun

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience

Subjectivismnoun

the quality of being subjective

Subjectivism

Subjectivism is the doctrine that , instead of shared or communal, and that there is no external or objective truth. The success of this position is historically attributed to Descartes and his methodic doubt, although he used it as an epistemological tool to prove the opposite (an objective world of facts independent of one's own knowledge, ergo the inasmuch as his views underlie a scientific worldview).