Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview, ch. 5

I was blown away in this chapter.  I felt completely out of my realm and had a difficult time keeping up with all of the nuances.  As a person who loves epistemology and having done more reading than the average person on the subject, I thought it might be old hat.  I was wrong.  I could quickly identify that I hold to foundationalism of some sort, though feel a little out of my realm to understand fully the differences between each.  The discussion of different types of basic beliefs (and how to apprehend them) was very helpful.  As the case against coherentism was developed, I began to understand the problems of purely internalist claims without foundation.  In reality, it seems to me that no coherentist can actually live out such a position, though I think the initial thing they are pushing back against in foundationalism my be correct.  In short, we must start with belief at every level.  However, to reduce all knowledge to mere belief, even if coherent, seems reductionistic and impossible to live out.  So, while the foundationalist may value a coherent noetic structure, they must do so as they set that structure on a foundation.