Meanings
nounfoundherentism (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesA theory of justification that combines elements from the two rival theories addressing infinite regress: foundationalism and coherentism.
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).
2007 October 26, Lydia McGrew, Timothy McGrew, “Foundationalism, Probability, and Mutual Support”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰewbʰ-?
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰmḗn
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰudʰnós
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰundʰós
- Proto-Italic*fundos
- Latinfundus
- Latinfundō
- Latinfundātiō
- Old Frenchfondacion
- Middle Frenchfondation
- Latinfundātiō
- Middle Englishfundacioun
- Englishfoundation
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishfoundational
- Englishfoundationalism
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinhaereō
- Latincohaereō
- Latincohaerēns
- Middle Frenchcoherent
- Englishcoherent
- Englishcoherentism
- Englishfoundherentism
Blend of foundationalism + coherentism.
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