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    It is not the case that Justified belief does not always require inference to the best explanation

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    • 1.Beliefs about mathematics do not appear to be grounded in inference to the best explanation, yet such beliefs still seem justified
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    • 2.Beliefs about colors do not appear to be grounded in inference to the best explanation, yet such beliefs still seem justified
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Foundationalist epistemology (Chisholm, Plantinga) holds that basic beliefs are justified non-inferentially through proper function or self-evidence.
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    • 2.Mathematical and color beliefs exhibit the hallmarks of basic beliefs: they are immediate, non-derived, and self-presenting in Chisholm's technical sense.
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    • 3.If basic beliefs are justified without inference, then IBE cannot be a universal requirement for justified belief.
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    • 1.Reliabilist accounts (Goldman) ground justification in reliable cognitive processes, not inferential structure—a belief is justified if produced by a reliable faculty.
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    • 2.Color perception and mathematical intuition are cognitively reliable processes that yield justified beliefs without requiring the agent to perform any explanatory inference.
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