- Foundationalism - Wikipedia
Foundationalism is an attempt to respond to the regress problem of justification in epistemology According to this argument, every proposition requires justification to support it, but any justification also needs to be justified itself
- Foundationalist Theories of Epistemic Justification (Stanford . . .
According to foundationalism, any justified belief must either be foundational or depend for its justification, ultimately, on foundational beliefs Historically, foundationalism was very widely, almost universally accepted
- Foundationalism - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Foundationalists maintain that some beliefs are properly basic and that the rest of one’s beliefs inherit their epistemic status (knowledge or justification) in virtue of receiving proper support from the basic beliefs
- Foundationalism | Rationalism, Empiricism Skepticism . . .
Foundationalism, in epistemology, the view that some beliefs can justifiably be held by inference from other beliefs, which themselves are justified directly—e g , on the basis of rational intuition or sense perception
- Foundationalism and Coherentism: An Overview - Philosophos
Foundationalism is a theory that states that all knowledge must rest on a set of basic beliefs or facts that are self-evident, indubitable, or incorrigible It is based on the idea that in order for knowledge to be valid, it must be supported by an unassailable set of foundations
- Foundationalism - Cambridge University Press Assessment
It then explores disagreements among foundationalists about how to understand foundational knowledge and justified belief, what is plausibly included in the foundations, and what is required for legitimate inference from foundations to the rest of what we believe
- Modern Theories of Justification: Foundationalism . . .
Foundationalism is one of the oldest and most influential theories of justification Its central idea is that all knowledge must be based on a foundation of basic beliefs that are themselves self-justifying or directly justified, without the need for further support
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