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foundationalist — noun A supporter of foundationalism, the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs See Also: foundationalism, foundational, foundationally … Wiktionary
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Foundationalism — is any theory in epistemology (typically, theories of justification, but also of knowledge) that holds that beliefs are justified (known, etc.) based on what are called basic beliefs (also commonly called foundational beliefs). Basic beliefs are… … Wikipedia
Richard Rorty — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE caption = ©Steve Pyke name = Richard McKay Rorty birth = October 4, 1931 flagicon|USA|size=20px New York City, New York death = June 8, 2007 school… … Wikipedia
Reformed epistemology — is the title given to a broad body of epistemological viewpoints relating to God s existence that have been offered by a group of Protestant Christian philosophers that includes Alvin Plantinga, William Alston, and Nicholas Wolterstorff among… … Wikipedia
Hermeneutics — In religious studies and social philosophy, hermeneutics (English pronunciation: /hɜrməˈn(j)uːtɨks/) is the study of the theory and practice of interpretation. Traditional hermeneutics which includes Biblical hermeneutics refers to the study of… … Wikipedia
Postmodernity — (also spelled post modernity or the pejorative postmodern condition) is generally used to describe the economic and/or cultural state or condition of society which is said to exist after modernity. Some schools of thought hold that modernity… … Wikipedia
Coherentism — There are two distinct types of coherentism. One refers to the coherence theory of truth. The other refers to the coherence theory of justification. The coherentist theory of justification characterizes epistemic justification as a property of a… … Wikipedia
Anti-foundationalism — (also called nonfoundationalism) as the name implies, is a term applied to any philosophy which rejects a foundationalist approach, i.e. an anti foundationalist is one who does not believe that there is some fundamental belief or principle which… … Wikipedia
Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself … History of philosophy
