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    Supports→For a belief p to be justified, S must be able to infer p from some other beliefs held by S.

    S does not need to actually draw the inference, but the inferential support must be available.

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    This means that, to be justified, S must be able to infer p from some other beliefs held by S. Of course, S does not have to draw any actual inference, but S still needs to hold some other beliefs that could be used to justify that belief.

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