Coelho and Figueiredo (2003) explore the relationship between a heterogeneous collection of theoretical approaches that they term `intersubjectivist'. The authors' aim is not to integrate or synthesize the different dimensions into a coherent framework, but rather to invoke one depiction of subject-other meeting points where another appears incomplete. It is argued in this commentary that the authors do not pay sufficient attention to the incompatibilities between the various projects that they include in their discussion. It is also argued that the metaphor of the autonomously constituted subject may serve important existential and ethical functions.
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