Traditional philosophy assumed that our minds must conform to external objects to know them. Kant flipped this logic, proposing that . He argued that our minds are not passive recorders of reality but active "constructors" that organize sensory data using inherent mental frameworks. Introducing Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Knowledge derived from sensory experience. Kant and the Critique of Pure Reason
Kant’s revolutionary claim was that exist—statements that are universally true and independent of experience, yet still tell us something meaningful about the world (e.g., or "Every event has a cause"). 2. The "Copernican Revolution" in Philosophy Traditional philosophy assumed that our minds must conform