This brief item addresses the challenges surrounding “foundationalism” in language theory and epistemology. It seems that neither meaning nor knowledge can be traced to a definite resting place, a firm basis that keeps everything intact and leaves nothing out. There appears to be a circularity in both linguistic meaning and cognitive claims that undermines every…

     In 1787, the Constitutional Congress convened in Philadelphia to draft the United States Constitution. The Congress persisted throughout the summer, ultimately producing this renowned and revolutionary document that outlined a fundamentally new form of government—a true democracy of, for, and by the people. The primary architect of this groundbreaking foundation of the government…