Hugo Dingler's Philosophy of Geometry

Abstract

This extense text explains Hugo Dingler's philosophy of geometry. The persistent aim of Dingler's philosophical endeavors was to vindicate and secure our exact knowledge of nature. As the author says, Dingler came to think of it as an ever growing system, continually bringing new patches and aspects of reality under its sway, but resting on the indestructible, inalterable foundations provided by the four "ideal sciences" of logic, arithmetic, geometry and dynamics. Both historically and systematically, geometry played a key role in this construction.