III。THECOGNITIVERELATION
Thefirstgreatpitfallfromwhichsucharadicalstandingbyexperiencewillsaveusisanartificialconceptionofthe_relations_between_
_knower_and_known_。Throughoutthehistoryofphilosophythesubjectanditsobjecthavebeentreatedasabsolutelydiscontinuousentities;
andthereuponthepresenceofthelattertotheformer，orthe’apprehension’bytheformerofthelatter，hasassumedaparadoxicalcharacterwhichallsortsoftheorieshadtobeinventedtoovercome。Representativetheoriesputamental’representation，’’image，’or’content’intothegap，asasortofintermediary。
Common-sensetheoriesleftthegapuntouched，declaringourmindabletoclearitbyaself-transcendingleap。Transcendentalisttheoriesleftitimpossibletotraverseby53