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“Sellars's "myth of Jones" is deployed against what Sellars calls "the myth of the categorial Given": the idea that to be aware of something is to be aware of it as something. This short circuit between "awareness of" and "awareness as" inhibits the project of self-understanding because it perpetuates the assumption that there is a point where being and knowing coincide.”

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Ray Brassier, born in 1965, is a renowned philosopher known for his research in existentialism, phenomenology, and postmodern philosophy. His philosophical thoughts are deeply influenced by figures such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida, and he has conducted profound explorations into the nature of death, nothingness, and existence. more

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