Foundationalism, in the Cartesian tradition of secure basis, took the beliefs in these terms held by the subject to be infallible, or not requiring verification, as well as the sole empirical source of epistemic warrant or credibility for all other beliefs.
"Innovation of this kind is in the best traditions of the Scott Trust and will help us to fulfil our mission of securing the independence of the Guardian in perpetuity".
According to family tradition, Carroll secured a position as clerk to William Herbert, 1st Marquess of Powis, an Englishman who was one of two Catholic peers in the court of James II.
It was the recognition, in that period, of the powerful mnemonic effects of imagery that changed the situation, leading to a thriving tradition of experimental research, and securing imagery a firm place in cognitive theory.
France's long tradition of street protest sometimes allows unions to secure policy concessions.
The government has pledged to open up the industry to private investors, but the tradition of the iron rice bowl – a secure job for life – is strong in China and reforming state monoliths is easier said than done.
The great tradition of British painting is not the secure museum art we assume but a difficult, odd, eccentric phenomenon, never entirely understood or wholly liked by outsiders and, most interestingly of all, never considered simply as art.
The just war tradition via Augustine, Aquinas, Suarez and Vitoria – some of the greatest names in the western intellectual canon – sees war as an instrument of policy, as a means of securing change.
At a stroke, this demolishes the long tradition of universal benefits, which was intended to secure general support for welfare.
