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Foundationalism the belief that all truth is either self-evident or derivable from some truth that is self- evident.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

In other words, morality has to do with what people believe and how we feel, and beliefs and feelings are not factual or derivable from facts.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

It follows that, if we are to solve the whole class of difficulties derivable from Zeno's by analogy, we must discover some tenable theory of infinite numbers.

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand

So their history is now derivable from other sources, which, at best, are very meagre.

From Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History by Anonymous

The play has neither been associated with a serious treatment of life nor with the refined pleasure derivable from contact with art.

From How to See a Play by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir