“ The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism,” said by Thomas Jefferson. Skepticism, which we call “The Regress Argument,” is pretty much a self - defeating argument, which is why René Descartes has an objection to it. Descartes objection include his view, Foundationalism. In this essay the establishment of skepticism, the regress argument in standard form, foundationalism and how it overcomes the regress argument will all be discussed. Skepticism is a philosophical view that states that no knowledge claim is fully justifiable so therefore knowledge is impossible. In my own words, skepticism is more of a process than a position. If you can find another thesis with equal probability of being true then it becomes