Kant's inference from 'intuitions yield appearances' to 'all category-governed cognition yields only appearances' conflates a premise about receptivity with a conclusion about spontaneity.
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Spontaneity(contrasted with receptivity in how minds work)
The ability to generate thoughts, ideas, or actions from within yourself rather than just passively receiving them from outside.
category-governed cognition(the type of knowledge Kant believed was limited to appearances)
Thinking and knowing that is structured by the mind's basic organizational frameworks (like concepts of cause-and-effect or unity)—essentially, all the ways our minds organize and make sense of experience.
intuitions(Chudnoff's account of intuitions as the basis of a priori justification)
Intellectual perceptions that sometimes reveal abstract reality, possessing a presentational phenomenology that can be evoked through imagination, reflection, or reasoning