Kant's premise that we can only know a priori what we ourselves impose assumes a false exhaustion: reliable cognitive faculties shaped by evolution or rational necessity could yield a priori insight into mind-independent structure.

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Evolution(referring to how life on Earth developed and diversified): The gradual process by which living things change and develop over time, often through random changes and survival of the fittest.
Kant(as used in epistemology and metaphysics): Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was an influential German philosopher who argued that our minds shape how we experience reality, and that we can only truly know things as they appear to us, not as they are in themselves.
Premise: A premise is a statement or fact that you assume to be true as a starting point for reasoning or making an argument. Think of it as the foundation or building block you use to reach a conclusion—for example, "All dogs are animals" and "My pet is a dog" are premises that lead to the conclusion "My pet is an animal." Premises are essentially the evidence or claims you offer before drawing a final conclusion.
a priori(Frege treats 'analytic' as entailing 'a priori' for arithmetic.): Knowable independently of empirical experience; here treated as a consequence of analyticity.

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