foundherentism

English

Etymology

Blend of foundationalism +‎ coherentism

Noun

foundherentism (uncountable)

1. (philosophy) A theory of justification that combines elements from the two rival theories addressing infinite regress: foundationalism and coherentism.
   • 2007 October 26, Lydia McGrew, Timothy McGrew, “Foundationalism, Probability, and Mutual Support”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:

     But one of the express tenets of foundherentism is that “there need be no privileged class of empirical beliefs justified exclusively by the support of experience, independently of the support of other beliefs” (Haack 1993, p. 19).

Related terms

• foundherentist