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In Reformed epistemology, beliefs are held to be properly basic if they are reasonable and consistent with a sensible world view. Anti-foundationalism rejects foundationalism and denies there is some fundamental belief or principle which is the basic ground or foundation of inquiry and knowledge.
20 Αυγ 2018 · So, properly basic belief are beliefs that are justified but are not justified inferentially on the basis of other propositional beliefs but in some other, non-propositional, way. More specific to Plantinga's later work, a belief is properly basic if it is formed in the basic way and is warranted.
14 Αυγ 2006 · What Is It to Believe? 1.1 Representationalism. 1.2 Dispositionalism. 1.3 Interpretationism. 1.4 Functionalism. 1.5 Eliminativism, Instrumentalism, and Fictionalism. 1.6 Normativism. 2. Types, Degrees, and Relatives of Belief. 2.1 Occurrent Versus Dispositional Belief. 2.2 Varieties of Implicit Belief. 2.3 Degree of Belief.
On the classical view, therefore, a properly basic belief is one that is basic - not founded upon other beliefs - and that is properly so in virtue of its truth (or at least probable truth) being transparent to the subject.
Properly basic beliefs are foundational beliefs that do not require justification from other beliefs or evidence to be considered rational. They serve as a starting point for further belief formation and are often held without needing to be proven or supported by other arguments.
Classical Foundationalism holds that there are two kinds of belief: basic beliefs and non-basic beliefs. The basic beliefs are rational even when not held on the basis of other beliefs, whereas non-basic beliefs are only rational when supported by basic beliefs.
But first, we must note the dialectical context of my argument that Christian belief is (more exactly, can be) properly basic. This context includes evidentialism, the widely accepted idea that Christian belief (as well as theistic belief more broadly) can be held rationally.
