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    Supports→Kant's account of affection by objects in space leads to a contradiction.

    Rae Langton's 'Kantian Humility' argues that things-in-themselves have intrinsic properties causally responsible for affection, entirely independent of our representational framework.

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    Causally responsible for affection(explaining how independent reality impacts us)
    Actually causing our experiences and sensations—in other words, the real world is what affects our mind and creates our perceptions.
    Kantian Humility(the main concept being explained)
    The philosophical idea (developed by Langton) that we should be humble about what we can know, because our minds can only understand things as they appear to us, not as they truly are in themselves.
    Rae Langton(as the philosopher being cited)
    A contemporary philosopher who studies metaphysics and the nature of properties; she's known for her work on what makes something have a quality that belongs to it intrinsically.
    intrinsic properties(Contrasted with structural properties revealed by physics)
    Properties which supposedly underlie and account for the structural properties of things.

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    representational framework(the background knowledge needed to understand what features matter in a watch)
    A system of ideas and meanings that helps us understand and talk about something—in this case, our shared understanding of what a watch is supposed to do.
    things-in-themselves(Kantian metaphysics)
    The intrinsic nature of objects as they exist independently of human perception and cognition, about which Kant claims we lack substantive knowledge

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