What Was Kant's New Way of Understanding the Relation of the Objects

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Essay

What was Kant's new way of understanding the relation of the objects of knowledge to the mind? Why does he compare his epistemology to the Copernican revolution? How is his view both similar to and different from rationalism on the one hand and empiricism on the other?

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