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foundationalist

noun

Etymology

From foundational + -ist.

  1. derived from fundātiō — “founding, foundation”
  2. derived from fondacion
  3. inherited from foundacioun
  4. suffixed as foundational — “foundation + -al”
  5. suffixed as foundationalist — “foundational + ist”

Definitions

  1. A supporter of foundationalism, the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from…

    A supporter of foundationalism, the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs

    • So the foundationalist holds that both experiences and beliefs can justify beliefs, whereas the coherentist holds that only beliefs can justify beliefs.

  2. Of or relating to foundationalism.

    • Some philosophers have objected to certain foundationalist solutions to the regress problem on the ground that a person rarely, if ever, holds given-beliefs of the sort needed to justify observation beliefs.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA