Strawson's 'austere' reading in 'The Bounds of Sense' shows that Kant's psychologistic idiom—describing what 'we' must experience—slides between empirical description and transcendental legislation without justification.
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(as the philosopher whose interpretation is being discussed)
A 20th-century British philosopher known for studying Kant and arguing about how language and metaphysics relate to each other.
The Bounds of Sense(the name of the objection)
Strawson's famous criticism of Kant, arguing that Kant's theory has an internal contradiction or logical problem.
Transcendental legislation(as the other type of statement Kant appears to make)
Rules or laws that Kant claims must be true about how the human mind works—not just describing what happens, but declaring what must be necessary for any experience at all.