"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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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Ray Brassier

#Assumption Quotes #Awareness Quotes #Short Circuit Quotes

“Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better ones.”
“Cooks are in some ways very much like actors; they must be fit and strong, since acting and cooking are two of the most exacting professions. They must be blessed - or cursed, whichever way you care to look at it - with what is called the artistic temperament, which means that if they are to act or cook at all well, it cannot be for duds or dummies.”
“For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.”
“[When asked at age 79 why her Paris apartment was located up many flights of stairs at the top of the building:] It's the only way I can still make the hearts of men beat faster.”
“The fear of God does not come naturally to human beings; it must be learned through Scripture, worship, and the hard knocks of experience.”
“Many people in Europe and the U.S. dispute the thesis that we are living through a clash of civilisations between Islam and the west. But a radical minority of Muslims firmly believes that Islam is under siege, and is committed to winning the holy war it has declared against the West.”
“I think you should use whatever power you have to try to help people who need your help. Then we'd all be happy. Instead there's this bizarre notion the government propounds that we should all run around selfishly acquiring money. I just don't understand that.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Ursula Kenny, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2005.
“Any goal without salvation as its ultimate end is as pointless as trying to live forever on this earth.”

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