 Byrne argues as follows. To reason in accord with the doxastic schema is to infer I believe that p from the premise p; one does not infer from a premise unless one believes the premise; so such reasoning will yield true self-ascriptions. The doxastic schema is thus  self-verifying.[5]  And it is self-verifying regardless of whether the premise is justified, or even whether the thinker regards it as justified.