foundationalism

English

Etymology

From foundational +‎ -ism.

Noun

foundationalism (uncountable)

1. (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs
   • 2008 March 21, Bernd Buldt, Benedikt Löwe, Thomas Müller, “Towards a New Epistemology of Mathematics”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI:

     A radical denial of foundationalism is offered by social constructivism (Ernest 1998 ), an approach that many researchers in mathematics education embrace.

Related terms

• antifoundationalism
• foundationalist
• postfoundationalism

Translations

the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs

• Finnish: fundamentalismi (fi), foundationalismi
• Portuguese: fundacionalismo m, fundacionismo m

See also

• foundationalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia