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#4383·Dennis HackethalOP revised about 14 hours agoDirk writes:
Foundationalism, or justificationism, is the idea that beliefs can be fully justified, proven true by some final authority beyond question.
I’m not sure foundationalism and justificationism are quite the same thing.
From BoI ch. 1 glossary:
[Justificationism is t]he misconception that knowledge can be genuine or reliable only if it is justified by some source or criterion.
Whereas foundationalism describes a prerequisite for knowledge to grow (properly). As in, needing a secure foundation or else the whole edifice falls apart.
I could see foundationalism being a flavor of justificationism, but not the same thing.
I’m not sure foundationalism and justificationism are quite the same thing.
You are right. Foundationalism is a kind of justificationism. The secure foundation is a kind of justification.
I will have to rewrite this in my article.