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[from 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Immanuel Kant, in 12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation ]

Full Idea

Kant maintains that it is impossible to draw a suitable distinction between the cognitive and sensory 'elements' in sensory experience.

Gist of Idea

Kant says the cognitive and sensory elements in experience can't be separated

Source

report of Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason [1781]) by Jonathan Dancy - Intro to Contemporary Epistemology 8.4

Book Reference

Dancy,Jonathan: 'Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology' [Blackwell 1985], p.120