EXPERIMENT

[Bxvi-xix] Famously, Kant writes that "...we must therefore take trial whether we may not have more success in the tasks of metaphysics, if we suppose that objects must conform to our knowledge." Kant explicitly embarks on a metaphysical experiment to obtain "knowledge of objects a priori, determining something in regard to them prior of their being given. Kant compares his method of determining pure concepts and principles with scientific experiments; the analogy--and Kant's method of metaphysical experimentation--breaks down when "the propositions of pure reason...venture out beyond all limits of possible experience".