Foundationalism concerns philosophical theories of knowledge resting upon justified belief, some secure foundation of certainty. Its main rival is coherentism, whereby a body of knowledge, not requiring a secure foundation, can be established by the interlocking strength of its components, like a puzzle solved without prior certainty that each sma...
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[international relations] Foundationalism in international relations theory concerns whether beliefs about the world can be tested against objective procedures. Foundationalists believe that all claims (about some features of the world) can be judged to be either true or false. Those who oppose this position are considered to be `anti-found...
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any justification or knowledge theory in epistemology that holds that beliefs are justified (known) when they are based on basic beliefs (also called foundational beliefs). Basic beliefs are beliefs that are self-justifying or self-evident, and don't need to be justified by other beliefs. Basic beliefs provide justificatory support to other beliefs...
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An epistemological view which claims that we have two kinds of knowledge or beliefs: basic beliefs which are obvious or self-justifying and non-basic beliefs which are justified by those basic beliefs. The basic beliefs explain why the justification of knowledge does not involve an INFINITE REGRESS.
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