Objects are constituted by reference to a plurality of consciousnesses, not a single subject

Evidence

Study an object in isolation and you will only be able to bring it back to itself; consequently you can never have perfect knowledge of it. But see it in the midst of beings who are connected with each other in many different ways, and which are isolated from each other in different ways, and you will discover for this object a wider scope of relationships. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 373 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Objects are studied as social relations, not physical things; Consciousness of self is identical with consciousness of the object, not a separate act — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 134; The Self-as-object is a limit between two consciousnesses, not a thing (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The Self-as-object is a limit between two consciousnesses, not a thing #corroborates (0.85)
• Objects are studied as social relations, not physical things #expands (0.80)
• Objects are only knowable within their network of relations #corroborates (0.78) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 373
• Consciousness of self is identical with consciousness of the object, not a separate act #qualifies (0.72) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 134