Nonfoundationalism
Nonfoundationalism
Nonfoundationalism (or anti-foundationalism) is a philosophical view that is dialectically defined by its negation of foundationalism. Rejecting the asymmetric image of basic (immediately justified, foundational) beliefs that support nonbasic beliefs, nonfoundationalists prefer the image of a web of mutually supporting beliefs, which are mediated through a particular community. Nonfoundationalists in theology have drawn attention to the way in which doctrine operates as an intrasystematic grammar that regulates the form of life of a believing community. Insofar as they reduce doctrinal beliefs to this function, they are susceptible to the same objections that are generally raised against relativistic forms of coherentism and pragmatism.
See also Foundationalism; Postfoundationalism
f. leron shults
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