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- noun epistemology The
doctrine thatbeliefs derivejustification from certain basic beliefs
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Examples
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Anti-foundationalism is a critique of reason, not observation.
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Anti-foundationalism is a threat to neo-Platonic or Thomist theorizing than the Exodus or Easter narrative.
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Anti-foundationalism is a critique of reason, not observation.
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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.
Serendip's Exchange - kbrandall 2009
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The problem seems to be that the popular view of "foundationalism" is religious foundationalism - beliefs grounded on a central religious idea.
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"fruits" of such activity are demonstrably false theories such as foundationalism, as well as endless and arcane debates in the attempt to tackle questions to which there no answers.
Epistemology Steup, Matthias 2005
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You equate it with “anti-foundationalism” but this is a position that has been adopted by many critics of post-modernism.
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You tell me what “anti-foundationalism” is, and how it is different from people like Quine who also rejected epistemic foundationlism but have no truck with postmodernism, and then maybe we can have a discussion.
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Q: I wonder again about when Cornel West “talks Christian”: when you mobilize that kind of language for political purposes, are you maintaining a kind of anti-foundationalist position while encouraging a foundationalism in others.
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I did not equate anti-foundationalism and postmodernism with each other.
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