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Single Idea 2752
[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / a. Foundationalism
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Full Idea
The core of any form of foundationalism is the view that there are two forms of justification - inferential and non-inferential - and that non-inferential justification must be possible to avoid a sceptical regress.
Gist of Idea
Foundationalism requires inferential and non-inferential justification
Source
Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 4.1)
Book Ref
Dancy,Jonathan: 'Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology' [Blackwell 1985], p.56
A Reaction
The foundation may be non-inferential, but is it also non-evidential, or devoid of any support at all, apart from its own eloquent self? I can't buy that, I'm afraid.
The
16 ideas
with the same theme
[claim that knowledge foundations are possible]:
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2081
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Maybe primary elements can be named, but not receive a rational account
[Plato]
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24021
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The method starts with clear intuitions, followed by a process of deduction
[Descartes]
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3606
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I was searching for reliable rock under the shifting sand
[Descartes]
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2247
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To achieve good science we must rebuild from the foundations
[Descartes]
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2255
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Only one certainty is needed for progress (like a lever's fulcrum)
[Descartes]
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5033
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Nothing should be taken as certain without foundations
[Leibniz]
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6556
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If anything is to be probable, then something must be certain
[Lewis,CI]
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3597
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Foundations need not precede other beliefs
[Wittgenstein]
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8790
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The 'doctrine of the given' is correct; some beliefs or statements are self-justifying
[Chisholm]
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8841
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Modern foundationalists say basic beliefs are fallible, and coherence is relevant
[Cleve]
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4255
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Externalist theories of knowledge are one species of foundationalism
[Bonjour]
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2752
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Foundationalism requires inferential and non-inferential justification
[Dancy,J]
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2771
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Foundationalists must accept not only the basic beliefs, but also rules of inference for further progress
[Dancy,J]
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8849
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Traditional foundationalism is radically internalist
[Williams,M]
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3753
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Foundationalism aims to avoid an infinite regress
[Bernecker/Dretske]
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19678
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Strong foundationalism needs strict inferences; weak version has induction, explanation, probability
[Kvanvig]
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