They have decided to be that: a borrowed self to fill the blank inside. But this – our profound ontological unoriginality – is an embarrassing fact, which we go to some lengths to hide from ourselves. Proving the theory that drives this philosophy therefore requires more than just rational argument. It is also necessary to overcome some of our psyc
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relies on relational epistemologies, nondual ways of thinking that destabilize the networks of classification restricting us to static notions of personal and collective identity.