# Puzzling Questions about Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

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**Created:** [November 10, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-questions-about-kants-critique-of-pure-reason/974676 "2022-11-10T06:37:31Z")
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1. In a nutshell what does Kant say we experience/perceive when we see an external object and what goes in our mind/with our senses during this observation ? 2. Where does Kant in some interpretations contradict himself and
2. What does modern science say about Kant’s interpretation of how the observing mind works. Is it flat-out wrong? Did he get something right?  
Please don’t avoid Kantian terminology in your answers. I welcom it!