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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

18278	Kant showed that our perceptions are partly constructed from our concepts [Reichenbach]
	Full Idea: It was Kant's great discovery that the object of knowledge is not simply given but constructed, and that it contains conceptual elements not contained in pure perception.
	From: Hans Reichenbach (The Theory of Relativity and A Priori Knowledge [1965], p.49), quoted by J. Alberto Coffa - The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap