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Foundationalism

Foundationalism concerns philosophical theories of knowledge resting upon non-inferential justified belief, or some secure foundation of certainty such as a conclusion inferred from a basis of sound premises. The main rival of the foundationalist theory of justification is the coherence theory of justification, whereby a body of knowledge, not requiring…

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related to Bibliography · 46
Foundationalism → ACPI Encyclopaedia, An, An Introduction, Asian Trading Corporation, Audi, Beyond Foundationalism, Blackwell, BonJour, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Coelho, Contemporary Epistemology, Contemporary Introduction, Dan, Dancy, Empirical Knowledge, Epistemology, Franke, Greco, Grenz
related to history · 21
Foundationalism → Baruch Spinoza, David Hume, Descartes, Even, Evil Demon, French, Geometrical, George Berkeley, He, Hegel, His, Immanuel Kant's, In, John Locke, Leibniz, Meditations, René Descartes, Several, The, This
related to External links · 16
Foundationalism → Bradley, Dowden, Edward, Epistemic Justification, Foundationalist Theories, Fumerton, In Zalta, Indiana Philosophy Ontology ProjectFieser, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, James, OCLC, Philosophy, PhilPapersFoundationalism, Richard, Stanford Encyclopedia
related to Criticisms · 14
Foundationalism → Critics, Donald Davidson's, For, However, In, Jacques Derrida, Postmodernists, Richard Rorty, Rorty, Similarly, The, This, Wilfrid Sellars, Wittgenstein's
related to Definition · 14
Foundationalism → According, Achieving, Forms, Greece, If, Neopragmatist, Plato's, Richard Rorty, Since, Strong, The, Thinking, This, Western
related to Internalism and externalism · 8
Foundationalism → Alternatively, Alvin Goldman, Beliefs, Externalism, Foundationalist, Goldman, Internalism, Reliabilism
related to Modest foundationalism · 7
Foundationalism → As, Even, For, God, Modest, Reformed, This
related to Classical foundationalism · 3
Foundationalism → Classical, Laurence BonJour, Mental

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a conclusion inferred from a basis of sound premisesinstance ofor some secure foundation of certainty0.80text
Willard Van Orman Quineinstance ofthe dominance of foundationalism was challenged by a number of philosophers0.80text
Wilfrid Sellarsinstance ofthe dominance of foundationalism was challenged by a number of philosophers0.80text
Richard Rortyinstance ofcritics of externalist foundationalism argue that only mental states or properties the believer is aware of could make a belief justified.Postmodernists and post-structuralists0.80text
Jacques Derrida have attacked foundationalism on the grounds that the truth of a statement or discourse is only verifiable in accordance with other statementsinstance ofcritics of externalist foundationalism argue that only mental states or properties the believer is aware of could make a belief justified.Postmodernists and post-structuralists0.80text
discoursesinstance ofcritics of externalist foundationalism argue that only mental states or properties the believer is aware of could make a belief justified.Postmodernists and post-structuralists0.80text
Foundationalismrelated to BibliographyAudi0.60section
Foundationalismrelated to BibliographyRobert0.60section
Foundationalismrelated to BibliographyEpistemology0.60section
Foundationalismrelated to BibliographyContemporary Introduction0.60section
Foundationalismrelated to BibliographyTheory0.60section
Foundationalismrelated to BibliographyKnowledge0.60section

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