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Consciousness is not the ineluctable starting point for self-understanding because there is a difference between being conscious and understanding oneself as a conscious being. The difference is between being in a certain state and knowing oneself to be in a certain state.

Ray Brassier

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Ray Brassier
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Philosopher
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London
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