The distinction between 'triggering' insight and 'warranting' it is unclear; if sensory input is necessary for the cognitive process yielding justified belief, it provides warrant.
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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
justified belief(Coherence theory of justification)
A belief that is part of a coherent system of beliefs
warrant(Toulmin's model of argumentation)
An implicit premise that an argument depends on, which licenses the move from evidence to conclusion; in this context, the unstated assumption that normal misdemeanor penalties are insufficient as a deterrent.