An argument against foundationalism

Philosophia 12 (3-4):273-281 (1983)
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This paper argues against foundationalism not on the familiar ground that a person may be mistaken about the object of any of his cognitive states, But on the new ground that a person may be mistaken in identifying any mental states as cognitive. The argument is claimed to hold against all version of foundationalism

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John Kekes
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Kekes on foundationalism.Bredo C. Johnsen - 1986 - Philosophia 16 (2):203-208.

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