To go further, we can borrow a distinction from the philosophy of science, between contexts of discovery and contexts of justification.

进一步说，我们可以借鉴科学哲学，比较其中的“发现”环节与“证实”环节。

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Abel is not mentioned in the Old Testament except in Genesis 4. St. Augustine makes him as one who loves ideas of justification, and Cain a man of nature.

旧约里并没有提到亚伯，除了在创四中，圣奥古斯丁将他塑造为一个热爱公正思想的人，而该隐是一个有天性的人。

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Those who downplay the cognitive role of the imagination restrict it to the context of discovery, excluding it from the context of justification. But they are wrong.

那些低估了想象认知作用的人将认知的作用排除于证实环节、局限于发现环节，但是他们错了。

youdao

I am not saying 100 percent that they are going to release her immediately, but there may be (some) sort of justification for her release by the high court."

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And I think there was a time when that sense of dominion was used as justification for using those resources only to serve human needs.

我想，有一段时间里，这种统治感,被人们当做使用资源的借口,仅仅为了满足人类的需求。

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And that, in and of itself is justification: ? why not feel good, if we can feel good?

这本身就是辩解理由：,如果能感觉好，为什么不感觉好呢？

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Departments tend to produce reams of justification of every item in their budgets, bogging down the process.

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If that is so, do you not have a heavy burden of justification?

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Mr Gormley's claim is being resisted on the grounds of fair comment, qualified privilege and a further defence of justification.

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