The  essential  feature  of  the  method  of  Neo-
Kantianisin,  as  appears  to  me,  is  its  analysis  of
Knowing  and  its  consequent  determination  of
what  is  meant  by  Being ;  and,  indeed,  of  Being
itself.  It  practically  accepts  Kant's  question  as
to  how  knowledge  is  possible;  and  it  proceeds,
either  following  Kant  literally  or  with  certain
modifications,  to  lay  down  the  essential  conditions
of  knowledge,  those  conditions  apart  from  which
no  object  whatever  is  known — perceived  or  con-
ceived. And  it  may,  at  least  in  certain  promi-


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nent  cases,  be  held  as  adopting  Kant's  method  of
determining  those  conditions — viz.,  that  known
as  Transcendental  Deduction,  or  the  Transcen-
dental Deduction  of  the  Categories.
