2081 | Maybe primary elements can be named, but not receive a rational account [Plato] |
24021 | The method starts with clear intuitions, followed by a process of deduction [Descartes] |
3606 | I was searching for reliable rock under the shifting sand [Descartes] |
2247 | To achieve good science we must rebuild from the foundations [Descartes] |
2255 | Only one certainty is needed for progress (like a lever's fulcrum) [Descartes] |
5033 | Nothing should be taken as certain without foundations [Leibniz] |
6556 | If anything is to be probable, then something must be certain [Lewis,CI] |
3597 | Foundations need not precede other beliefs [Wittgenstein] |
8790 | The 'doctrine of the given' is correct; some beliefs or statements are self-justifying [Chisholm] |
8841 | Modern foundationalists say basic beliefs are fallible, and coherence is relevant [Cleve] |
4255 | Externalist theories of knowledge are one species of foundationalism [Bonjour] |
2752 | Foundationalism requires inferential and non-inferential justification [Dancy,J] |
2771 | Foundationalists must accept not only the basic beliefs, but also rules of inference for further progress [Dancy,J] |
8849 | Traditional foundationalism is radically internalist [Williams,M] |
3753 | Foundationalism aims to avoid an infinite regress [Bernecker/Dretske] |
19678 | Strong foundationalism needs strict inferences; weak version has induction, explanation, probability [Kvanvig] |