I can now give a preliminary statement of my theory. The theory is in two parts:
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A belief is epistemically justified if it is reliably produced or sustained and no incompatible belief is epistemically justified.
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A person is epistemically justified in believing a proposition that he has good reason to believe is an epistemically justified belief.
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Leplin, J. (2009). Justification. In: A Theory of Epistemic Justification. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 112. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9567-2_4
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