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In class on Thursday, I was very confused by the possibility of a connection between foundationalist thought and non-fiction, and non-foundationalist thought and fiction.  In my mind, writing fiction or non-fiction and believing in foundationalist thought or non-foundationalist though are completely unrelated.  They are especially unrelated since we had discussed earlier that perhaps everything is fiction as there probably is no absolute truth (at least that we know of).  So, is it the mindframe of a foundationalist that would drive him/her to write non-fiction because of a belief in the existance of truth?  Would a non-foundationalist be forced to write fiction because he or she would not truly believe in the genre of non-fiction?  If these types of thinkers uniformly write in certain genres, or even view the world's stories within the framework of a certain genre, I do not think that the most essential aspect of fiction would be able to be used.  To me, the beauty of fiction is that it is grounded in truth.  So while a non-foundationalist might be writing it, there is usually a groundwork of believed truth that can be found just as easily in non-fiction.  I do not believe that foundationalism or non-foundationalism distinguish fiction and non-fiction.