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    DB only specifies how belief (B) is not justified (i.e., ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→DB alone is insufficient to fully account for the justification of basic beliefs

    DB only specifies how belief (B) is not justified (i.e., not by inference from other beliefs)

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    An account of what positively justifies belief (B) is needed in addition to DBDB alone is insufficient to fully account for the justification of basic beliefs

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    Let us turn to the question of where the justification that attaches to (B) might come from, if we think of basicality as defined by DB. Note that DB merely tells us how (B) is not justified. It says nothing about how (B) is justified. DB, therefore, does not answer that question. What we need, in addition to DB, is an account of what it is that justifies a belief such as (B). According to one strand of foundationalist thought, (B) is justified because it can’t be false, doubted, or corrected by

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