>Mr. Tait referred to a related formulation on the sixth
>page, A298/B355, of this Abteilung
>
>(B) Alle unsere Erkennntnis hebt von den Sinnen
> an, geht von da zum Verstande, und endigt
> bei der Vernunft ...
>
>and, in his first message on this topic, wrote that the
>epigraph is "supposed to" come from (B), giving rise to
>conjectures about misquotations etc. It would be interesting
>to know where this supposition comes from: is it the case
>that an edition of Hilbert's book, earlier than the eight,
>gives a bibliographical location more detailed than the one
>given later ?
No, my supposition was based on ignorance. I went looking for the quote
in the Critique, found the early passage which seemed somewhat close in
meaning and assumed that it was the passage to which
Kant, Kritik der reinen Vernunft,
Elementarlehre T.2 Abt.2 .
referred. Robert Black pointed out to me in private correspondance that
this reference also fits the actual quote.
I could promise to be more careful next time; but it is unlikely that I
will be.
Bill Tait