foundationalism
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foundational + -ism
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foundationalism (uncountable)
- (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs
- 2008 March 21, Bernd Buldt, Benedikt Löwe, Thomas Müller, “Towards a New Epistemology of Mathematics”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, :
- 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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the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs
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- foundationalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia