foundationalist

English

Etymology

From foundational +‎ -ist.

Noun

foundationalist (plural foundationalists)

1. (philosophy) A supporter of foundationalism, the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs
   • 2007 July 12, Harold Langsam, “Rationality, Justification, and the Internalism/Externalism Debate”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:

     So the foundationalist holds that both experiences and beliefs can justify beliefs, whereas the coherentist holds that only beliefs can justify beliefs.

Derived terms

• nonfoundationalist

Related terms

• antifoundationalist
• foundationalism
• foundational
• foundationally
• postfoundationalist

Translations

a supporter of foundationalism

Portuguese: fundacionista m or f, fundacionalista m or f

Adjective

foundationalist (comparative more foundationalist, superlative most foundationalist)

1. Of or relating to foundationalism.
   • 2012, P.K. Moser, Empirical Justification‎:

     Some philosophers have objected to certain foundationalist solutions to the regress problem on the ground that a person rarely, if ever, holds given-beliefs of the sort needed to justify observation beliefs.