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what is a justification a justification is a set of reasons why something like a belief or a claim or an action is true or reasonable or good justifications are often conflated with explanations an explanation is a set of reasons why an event or a belief came to be think back to my video on normative versus descriptive claims a justification attempts to make normative sense of something a justification tries to rationalize whether something has a certain quality or adheres to a value my claim is true it has the quality of true Ness and adheres to the value of truth because of a B and C an explanation tries to make descriptive sense of something an explanation tries to describe how something came to be based on objective facts this event happened because of XY and Z so let's say this I say to you why is God real justify the existence of the Abrahamic God and you say back to me that's just how I grew up my parents are Methodist I always went to church so it's what we believe this is not a justification for the belief in the existence of God or a justification for the trueness of Christian and Methodist beliefs it's an attempted explanation of how you came to believe what you believe an actual attempt to justify the existence of God might be for you to start talking about I've seen God perform miracles the universe can't come from nothing here's some direct historical or archaeological evidence for the resurrection of Jesus etc sometimes a justification for an event can use some of the same facts that would be used to explain that event but justifying and explaining are still different because a justification is always going to make normative appeals while an explanation is merely descriptive and that is the difference defending why something is true or good versus describing how something happened if you're interested in philosophy and critical thinking you will love brilliant which has pretty much become my go-to for learning things online check out brilliance new immersive lessons on logic problem-solving multi-level thinking identifying false information and identifying fallacies whether you already have a grasp on any of these subjects or you're looking for a fun and engaging way to become acquainted with these topics for the first time brilliant really is the place to go where you can actually learn hands-on by solving problems and puzzles designed by expert educators and unlike other learning sites when I'm using brilliant I'm actually learning by working hands-on with real-world scenarios and problems sign up for free by going to brilliant org slash critical thinking I've put a link in the description under this video and the first 200 people who visit will get 20% off an annual Premium Membership visit brilliant org slash critical thinking