 Whether in metaphysics, epistemology, or ethics, Foundationalism has often been seen as the default, orthodox, view, with Coherentism being seen as the radical alternative. Infinitism is often simply dismissed, or not even considered as a live option. Foundationalism and Coherentism are  (often[7])  motivated by the thought that if the \(F\)-ness of each \(X\) is accounted for by appeal to a new \(X\) that is \(F\) then each of those infinitely many explanations fails. The thought is that each explanation of the \(F\)-ness of an \(X\) would be dependent on the success of the next, a promissory note that is never paid if that process does not end. Let’s examine this anti-Infinitist thought.