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 and 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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Related terms
- antifoundationalism
- foundationalist
- postfoundationalism
Translations
the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs
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See also
foundationalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia