Intersubjectivity: Dialogue Vs Monologue discussions on my Senior High School Class of Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person.

1. Intersubjectivity:
Dialogue vs Monologue
LORETO C. JUGO JR. LPT, SST II
BUSAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
BUSAO, MARIBOJOC, BOHOL

4. Let’s watch this!
“KAHERA”

5. WHAT
CHARACTERIZES A
GENUINE HUMAN
INTERACTION?

6. The answer is . . . . . .
Dialogue

7. What is dialogue???
Dialogue means a deeper and
more genuine interaction.

8. How is dialogue possible?
This made possible when the self realizes that the
other is genuine and unique individual.
When two individuals begin to view each other as
an other –that is, truly acknowledging each
other’s presence – then that is the beginning of an
authentic relationship and dialogue.

9. Who’s philosopher behind dialogue?
The noted Jewish Philosopher on dialogue is . . . . . .
MARTIN BUBER
(I-THOU)

10. MARTIN BUBER
-makes a distinction between the HUMAN and
INTERHUMAN.
-The Social is the life of the group of people bound
together by common experiences and reactions; in short,
a group existence.
-The Interhuman is the life between persons, the
interpersonal, the life of dialogue, The “I-THOU”. The
Interhuman can happen to persons with opposing views,
like a boxer in the boxing match.

11. “I-THOU VS “I-IT”
“I-THOU” ( dialogue ) is to be distinguished from “I-IT” (
monologue ) (Opposite of Dialogue)
-One way of distinguishing dialogue from monologue is
to describe the obstacles to dialogue which would be the
characteristics of monologue.
-We must note first that our life with other persons is in
reality never pure dialogue nor pure monologue but a
mixture. It is the question of which predominates.

12. OBSTACLES OF DIALOGUE!
The first obstacle to dialogue is ”SEEMING”, in contrast
to “BEING”.
-Seeming proceeds from what one wishes to seem. I
approach the other from what I want to impress on the
other. The look of seeming is “made-up”, artificial.
-Being proceeds from what one really is. I approach the
other from what I really am, not wanting to impress on
the other.

13. OBSTACLES OF DIALOGUE!
The second obstacle to dialogue is speechifying, in
contrast to personal making present.
-Speechifying is talking past one another. For Sartre, this
is the impassable walls between partners in conversation.
Most conversations today are really monologues.
-Personally make present the other as the very one he is,
I become aware of Him, that he is different from me,
unique, maybe even with opposing views.

14. OBSTACLES OF DIALOGUE!
The third obstacle to dialogue is IMPOSITION, in contrast to
UNFOLDING.
-Imposition is interaction between persons, they influence one
another. It is dictating my own opinion, attitude, myself on the
other.
-Unfolding, on the other hand, is finding in the other the
disposition towards what I myself recognized as true good and
beautiful. If it is true, good and beautiful, it must also be alive in
the other person in his own unique way. All I have to do in
dialogue is to bring him to see it for himself.

15. To summarize, genuine
dialogue is turning to
the partner in all truth.

16. To turn to the other in all truth also means
imagining the real, accepting the wholeness of the
other, including his real potentialities and the truth
of what he cannot say.
To confirm the other does not mean approval. Even
if I disagree with him, I can accept him as my
partner in genuine dialogue; I affirm him as a
person.

17. Group activity: role playing
Group 1 “Seeming”
Group 2 “Being”
Group 3 “Speechifying”
Group 4 “Personal Making Present”
Group 5 “Imposition”
Group 6 “Unfolding”
Group 7 “Personal Making Present”
Group 8 “Unfolding”

19. Evaluating Learning: