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    It is not the case that Reflection can constitute experience rather than merely re-present it, as Sartre himself acknowledges in impure reflection's distorting role.

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    • 1.Distortion of experience by reflection does not establish constitution; it may simply show that representation is imperfect or mediated.
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    • 2.Even if reflection alters consciousness, the original pre-reflective experience remains distinct and prior—reflection comments on it rather than creating it.
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    • 3.Sartre's acknowledgment of impure reflection's distorting role suggests he recognizes a gap between reality and reflection, preserving their conceptual distinction.
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    • 1.Sartre's impure reflection demonstrates that the act of reflecting inevitably alters consciousness, making reflection constitutive rather than merely representational.
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    • 2.If reflection creates new intentional states through distortion, then the reflected-upon experience is genuinely different from pre-reflective experience.
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    • 3.The phenomenological gap between living an experience and reflecting upon it shows reflection generates novel experiential content, not mere copies.
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