Anti-foundationalism
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| + | Rorty, R. (1979) ''Philosophy and the mirrow of nature''. Priceton, NJ: Princeton University Press | ||
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| + | does not believe that there is some fundamental belief or principle which is the basic ground or foundation of inquiry and knowledge.foucault, Nietzsche | ||
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Anti-foundationalism, as the name implies, is a term applied to any philosophy which rejects a foundationalist approach. An anti-foundationalist is one who refuses a vision of knowledge as ' grounded in reality' or as charged with the task of 'reflecting' the world (Rorty, 1979).
Sources:
Rorty, R. (1979) Philosophy and the mirrow of nature. Priceton, NJ: Princeton University Press
does not believe that there is some fundamental belief or principle which is the basic ground or foundation of inquiry and knowledge.foucault, Nietzsche
