There are only two ways in which we can account for a necessary
agreement of experience with the concepts of its objects: either
experience makes these concepts possible or these concepts make
experience possible.
-- Immanuel Kant,
"Critique of Pure Reason", Datalinks
agreement of experience with the concepts of its objects: either
experience makes these concepts possible or these concepts make
experience possible.
-- Immanuel Kant,
"Critique of Pure Reason", Datalinks
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