Reason works as conscious projection that holds subject and object apart.

Evidence

Every conscious existence exists as consciousness of existing. We understand now why the first consciousness of consciousness is not positional; it is because it is one with the consciousness of which it is consciousness. At one stroke it determines itself as consciousness of perception and as perception. The necessity of syntax has compelled us hitherto to speak of the “non-positional consciousness of self.” But we can no longer use this expression in which the “of self” still evokes the idea of knowledge. (Henceforth we shall put the “of” inside parentheses to show that it merely satisfies a grammatical requirement.) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 134 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reason becomes a mere instrument of the economic apparatus once consciousness is removed. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 47; Enlightenment defines reason as systematic organization of data; Reason adapts humans to power rather than unifying subject and object (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Reason adapts humans to power rather than unifying subject and object #contradicts (0.85)
• Consciousness of self is identical with consciousness of the object, not a separate act #complicates (0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 134
• Subject and object letting-go of fixed positions liberates previously imprisoned philosophical energy #complicates (0.75)
• The end of the subject-object gap reveals a more originary mode of becoming #complicates (0.70) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1081