Verbatim quote · defining passage

“Conversely, if we define the human in cultural terms by the presence or absence of (shared) representation, then we cannot exclude from our definition the notion of the event and its singular status. It is by choosing the intuitive evidence of eventfulness over empirical methodology that our new way of thinking parts company with the sciences.”

— Eric Gans, Heuristic Necessity · Saturday, December 4th, 2010 · Chronicles of Love & Resentment