foundationalism
Foundationalism is a labyrinthine pursuit of unshakeable ground beneath the collapsing edifice of knowledge. All premises must be doubted—yet the deeper the doubt, the more the foundation quivers, leaving one's arguments suspended in a paradoxical void. In theory, an absolute truth should emerge at the end, but by then the question itself has already vanished. It is the philosophical equivalent of masochism: the thrill of destroying one’s own scaffolding.