Subjectivity and intersubjectivity, like countertransference, are terms that now cut across theoretical paradigms. This article explores intersubjectivity from the perspective of modern conflict theory and makes the case that there is much in common between Brenner's (1982, , ) and Arlow's (1979, 2002) ideas about how the analyst's mind works and our current discussions about subjectivity and intersubjectivity. Where the concept of intersubjectivity becomes polemical is when we draw implications regarding the claims the analyst can make about ever knowing the analysand's mind as a separate entity from his or her own.