Wikiphilosophers/Foundationalism

Foundationalism argues for sound beliefs that provide a secure basis from which more beliefs can be coherently generated. For example, René Descartes submitted "cogito ergo sum" or "I think, therefore I am" as a foundational belief.

Read users' philosophical views below.

• Micah believes that absolute certainty is currently impossible, which serves as a foundational belief: "nothing is certain, therefore anything is possible." Read more...
• S. Perquin thinks his own human mind is the only thing he can consider certain and he questions whether others have conscious experiences, but acknowledges the practical need to assume the existence of other minds to navigate life. Read more...
• User:Jaredscribe accepts as axiomatic that the natural world is real, that he and his species are rational animals - animals that think conceptually. He holds these truths to be self-evident, and denies that these are merely personal definitions of terms, inviting disputants to respond in this Wikidebate. Furthermore holds that rocks, plants, and animals are distinctively perceived by the common sense possessed by humans and most other animals alike, and that these natural genera and their species can be analytically known and conceptualized by homo sapiens like himself who have acquired the virtue of natural science and philosophy.
• User:lbeaumont describes how he chooses his beliefs based on knowing how he knows.