foundationalism

theory in epistemology which sees some beliefs as being justified in terms of more basic beliefs, some of which are seen as being so basic so as to not require any further justification
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foundationalism

Summary

foundationalism is a philosophical theory[1]. foundationalism draws 257 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_theory category, ranking #18 of 94).[2]

Key Facts

  • foundationalism's instance of is recorded as philosophical theory[3].
  • foundationalism's instance of is recorded as Epistemological Theories[4].
  • foundationalism's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2003005284[5].
  • foundationalism's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15506411x[6].
  • foundationalism's subclass of is recorded as epistemology[7].
  • foundationalism's opposite of is recorded as Anti-foundationalism[8].
  • foundationalism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03076[9].
  • foundationalism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Foundationalism[10].
  • foundationalism's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/foundationalism[11].
  • foundationalism's FAST ID is recorded as 933265[12].
  • foundationalism's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as fondationnalisme-et-antifondationnalisme-mathematique[13].
  • foundationalism's PhilPapers topic is recorded as foundationalism[14].
  • foundationalism's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as foundationalism[15].
  • foundationalism's Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as found-ep[16].
  • foundationalism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 177076380[17].
  • foundationalism's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007549434605171[18].
  • foundationalism's KBpedia ID is recorded as Foundationalism[19].
  • foundationalism's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C177076380[20].
  • foundationalism's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/46544f08-d42d-44ac-b41d-1693c8a2ef84[21].

Why It Matters

foundationalism draws 257 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_theory category, ranking #18 of 94).[2] foundationalism has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] foundationalism is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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