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Full Idea
The foundationalist claim that there are inferential and non-inferential justifications is mirrored by the claim of logical empiricism (the verification principle) that all significant statements are either strongly or weakly verifiable.
Gist of Idea
Logical positivism implies foundationalism, by dividing weak from strong verifications
Source
Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 6.2)
Book Ref
Dancy,Jonathan: 'Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology' [Blackwell 1985], p.88
A Reaction
I take it to be characteristic of both to divide the support for something into two types, one of which is basic, and the other built up on the basics. The first step is to decide what is basic.