foundationalism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
foundational + -ism
Noun[edit]
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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Translations[edit]
the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs
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See also[edit]
- foundationalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia