"basis of justification" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used in various contexts, but it is most commonly used in legal and philosophical discussions. Example: The defendant's lawyer argued that self-defense was the basis of justification for his client's actions. In this sentence, the phrase "basis of justification" is used to refer to the reason or rationale for the defendant's actions. It suggests that the defendant's actions were justified and had a valid basis.
Sustained or repeated adversarial editorial material concerning individuals or organisations will only be maintained on the basis of justification in the public interest with the written approval of the managing editor".
When the subject knows that p on the basis of justification j, and P(p/j) is less than 1, the subject's knowledge is fallibilistic.
He propagated a theory of evidence as the basis of justification partly similar to Brentano's (as far as the "direct indirect" and "a priori a posteriori" distinctions are concerned), partly in sharp contrast to it (because Meinong added the "evidence for presumption" [Vermutungsevidenz] to the "evidence for certainty").
Agreement, here, is not the basis of justification but, rather, justification flows from the legitimacy of the democratic processes invoked to draw normative conclusions.
Alternatively, the subject knows that p on the basis of some justification j, but j does not entail the truth that p (see, e.g., Cohen 1988, p. 91; Fogelin 1994, pp. 88-9; and Jeshion 2000, pp. 334-5).
According to the standard account, the subject has fallibilistic knowledge that p when she knows that p on the basis of some justification j, and yet the subject's belief could have been false while still held on the basis of j (see, e.g., BonJour 1985, p. 26, and Lehrer 1990, p. 45).
The procedures referred to in paragraph 2a shall apply as a rule for two years after the members of the Supervisory Board have ceased to hold office and may be adjusted, on the basis of due justification, proportionate to the functions performed during that term of office and the length of time that office was held.
On the question of whether centralized statewide authority is advantageous for epidemic mitigation, these results show no basis for justification.
Four years into the Obama administration's vast expansion of the program, members of Congress and the public are still being denied access to internal legal memos, which purportedly serve as the basis of the legal justification for such killings.
But Homeland Security officials note that the decision to renew the TPS designation should be made on the basis of its initial justification — in this case the 2001 earthquakes.
A standard answer is that intuition, or rational insight, is the basis of a priori justification.
