Specifying that basic beliefs lack inferential justification substantively commits one to foundationalism, which is a positive epistemological thesis about justification's architecture.

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Positive epistemological thesis(in epistemology): A claim that confidently asserts something is true about how knowledge and belief work, rather than just saying what it's not.
architecture(Hegel's aesthetics; architecture as indirect or preparatory expression (PKÄ, 155, 166)): The art that gives matter an abstract, inorganic form created by human understanding, investing matter with strict regularity, symmetry, and harmony, thereby creating an artfully shaped surrounding for the direct expression of spiritual freedom in sculpture
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
epistemology(Contrasted with purely descriptive scientific inquiry): A normative enterprise that tells us how we ought to reason from evidence and how we ought to justify our beliefs, as distinct from merely describing how we do reason or justify beliefs

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