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    It is not the case that 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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    • 1.Specifying logical role alone cannot explain why basic beliefs possess justificatory force without some independence story.
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    • 2.A purely structural account leaves unexplained why a coherent belief-set actually tracks truth rather than merely appearing coherent.
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    • 3.The regress problem foundationalism addresses requires basic beliefs to be self-justifying, which pure structure cannot establish.
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    • 1.Justification concerns how beliefs relate logically to evidence, not their historical origin or psychological causation.
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    • 2.A complete theory needs only to explain what makes a belief justified, which structural coherence accomplishes adequately.
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    • 3.Causal stories risk conflating justification with reliable belief-formation processes, which are distinct epistemological questions.
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