Full Idea
The approach to practical geometry of the idealists, and especially of Kant, was that we must be certain of the premisses on their own account.
Gist of Idea
In geometry, Kant and idealists aimed at the certainty of the premisses
Source
Bertrand Russell (The Principles of Mathematics [1903], §353)
Book Reference
Russell,Bertrand: 'Principles of Mathematics' [Routledge 1992], p.373
Related Idea
Idea 14153 In geometry, empiricists aimed at premisses consistent with experience [Russell]