Ma`rifat Falsafi

Justification of knowledge is one of the most important issues that have occupied the philosophers and epistemologists since long ago. This has led to presenting a variety of related views. Foundationalism is one of the oldest and the most important views among them. Thus, the present study is seeking to investigate the arguments for foundationalism as well as the most important challenges it faces. To do so, it investigates the arguments by the impossibility of infinite regress as well as contingency and certainty to show that only some interpretations through the impossibility of infinite regress are capable of proving the claims of the foundationalists. However, the foundationalists are not to obtain anything by arguing through contingency and certainty. The present study continues by investigating the most important challenges the foundationalism faces. These are as follows: unreasonableness of the basic arguments, the relationship between the basic propositions and the reality, and the inconsistency of the knowledge system based on foundationalism. It will be clarified that the abovementioned challenges are all resolvable.