Full Idea
The aim of transcendental idealism is to give a basis for objectivity in terms of subjectivity.
Gist of Idea
Transcendental idealism aims to explain objectivity through subjectivity
Source
Andrew Bowie (German Philosophy: a very short introduction [2010], 1)
Book Reference
Bowie,Andrew: 'German Philosophy: very short intro' [OUP 2010], p.10
A Reaction
Hume used subjectivity to undermine the findings of objectivity. There was then no return to naive objectivity. Kant's aim then was to thwart global scepticism. Post-Kantians feared that he had failed.