foundationalism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós Proto-Indo-European *bʰundʰós Proto-Italic *fundos Latin fundus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin fundō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fundātiōder. Old French fondacionbor. Middle English foundacioun English foundation English -al English foundational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English foundationalism From foundational + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs
A radical denial of foundationalism is offered by social constructivism (Ernest 1998 ), an approach that many researchers in mathematics education embrace.
2008 March 21, Bernd Buldt, Benedikt Löwe, Thomas Müller, “Towards a New Epistemology of Mathematics”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI:
Deriveds
nonfoundationalism · foundherentism · antifoundationalism · postfoundationalism
Relateds
Translations (4)
fi foundationalismi (the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs) · pt fundacionalismo (the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs) · pt fundacionismo (the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs) · fi fundamentalismi (the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs)