Sentence examples for were aware of something from inspiring English sources

Here Descartes distinguishes (1) becoming aware of something, which apparently requires only a single thought, from (2) becoming aware that we were aware of something.

And, while becoming aware that we were aware of something does require a reflective act, it does not require a distinct thought (and so the threatening regress is not problematic).

You made this remark off-hand, but as soon as you did, I knew that you were aware of something deeper.

One can add that acquaintance is a non-intentional or nonjudgmental form of awareness, and that one cannot be aware of something in this way without its existing, but the concept of awareness remains unanalyzed, and these conditions merely assert that, and shed no light on why, acquaintance has these features.

Thinking about it is the first step to awareness - and once you are aware of something you can begin to think of what you can do to change or improve it.

This relationship in part reflects the dependency of prognostic acceptance (a component of life satisfaction) on awareness, since people need to be aware of something in order to accept it.

"It's surprising that Microsoft wouldn't have been aware of something like this.

There is no change in policy so I can't be aware of something that doesn't exist.

All a person can be sure of is that he is aware of something, an appearance of some sort—say of a bent stick in water.

When we watch a movie, we are aware of something happening in a represented space, and we are aware of the boundaries of that space.

And yet, from an early age, Kaczynski was aware of something different, something inexplicable and out of place about his big brother.