The phrase 'foundations of knowledge' is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when referring to the basic concepts, facts, and skills that someone uses to build upon and develop their understanding of a particular subject or topic. For example, "I'm focusing on building the foundations of knowledge I need before I can move on to more advanced studies."
On infallible belief, infallible justification, or direct acquaintance theories of foundational justification, there is precious little included in the foundations of knowledge.
And how did his exhortation for a renewed national pride connect with his earlier, more technical work on human mentality and the foundations of knowledge?
And what if, instead of lowering himself into his battered Queen Anne to ponder the foundations of knowledge, Descartes had relaxed into a shapeshifting smart armchair – which, upon detecting his contemplative mood, promptly transformed itself into a chaise longue?
Barely back from Italy, he writes: "Style rests on the deepest foundations of knowledge, on the essence of things insofar as it is permitted to us to know them in visible and graspable shapes".
He uses sceptical doubts to test the firmness of candidates put forward for the foundations of Knowledge.
Even to understand the results of an internet search engine, he argued it was necessary to have firm foundations of knowledge.
The abundant resources, visuals and videos on The Learning Network helped to recall and establish a basic foundation of knowledge of 9/11.
Most of the early writings on birds are more anecdotal than scientific, but they represent a broad foundation of knowledge, including much folklore, on which later work was based.
Someone once wrote that Cary Grant looks like a person who's thinking; I'd say he's rather lost in thought, whereas Moreau seems at home in thought, standing on a solid foundation of knowledge that makes her searching focussed, precise, intention-sharp.
