The relation to my judged self is ontological, not epistemic

Evidence

But the same people who uphold this thesis affirm on the other hand that I derive the concept of the Other from myself by reflecting on my own powers and by projection or analogy. Therefore they remain at the center of a vicious circle from which they can not get out. Actually the Other can not be the meaning of my objectivity; he is the concrete, transcending condition of it. β€” Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 756 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: The Other grounds my objectivity rather than being inferred by analogy from myself β€” Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 756

Broader Connections