A structural account of justification need not provide a causal or genetic story; specifying the logical role of basic beliefs within the system is sufficient for a complete foundationalist theory.

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Causal or genetic story(epistemology): An explanation based on what caused something to happen or how it originated historically (the word 'genetic' here means 'about origins,' not about DNA).
Logical role(logic and epistemology): The function something plays in a system of reasoning, like how it supports or connects to other ideas.
basic beliefs(Foundationalist epistemology): Beliefs that are justified by seemings or experiences rather than by other beliefs; they would not be basic if their justifying states were themselves beliefs
foundationalism(Presented as the conclusion of the epistemic regress argument): The epistemological view that some beliefs have justification without depending on other beliefs, serving as the non-inferential base for all other justified beliefs
justification(Third condition of the tripartite account of knowledge): The condition on a knower's belief that excludes mere luck — the belief must be held in a way that is appropriate or warranted, not merely accidentally correct.
structural account(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of mind): An explanation that describes how something works by breaking it down into parts and showing how those parts fit together and interact.

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