Definition of "foundationalism" [foundationalism]

• The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs (noun)

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• "Anti-foundationalism is a critique of reason, not observation."
• "Anti-foundationalism is a threat to neo-Platonic or Thomist theorizing than the Exodus or Easter narrative."
• "One very obvious way in which it had evolved beyond Dennett's original meaning was in the inclusion of "foundationalism," a term which he had never used but which we knew from previous discussions."