Problems with Foudationalism

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Problems with Foudationalism The Trilema: Circularity or Infinity or Contradiction?

Which leads to Foundationalism? The regress problem What is the solution? Regress argument? Which leads to Foundationalism? Or Infinitism?

Question of Contact with reality Is there any logical guarantee of the contact with the concerned reality? Basic beliefs has to be certain. But are the basic beliefs infallible too?

Problems with Coherentism The Dilema: The fact? or The justified?

Is there no necessary truth? Independence foudationalism vs Dependence coherentism

The isolation objection