foundationalism

English

Etymology

foundational +‎ -ism

Noun

foundationalism (uncountable)

(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.

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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

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