Goldman, Alvin

"The reliability of memory is frequently overstated in our daily reasoning."

"Questions matter as much as answers in the pursuit of understanding."

"Cultural context determines much of what passes for self-evident truth."

"Intellectual virtue requires the courage to admit what you do not know."

"The relationship between mind and brain remains one of philosophy's deepest mysteries."

"Justified belief without truth leaves us worse off than true belief by accident."

"Authority figures should always be held accountable to evidence and reason."

"The sources of our beliefs matter more than we often recognize in evaluating them."

"Language shapes thought in ways we are often unaware of until we examine it closely."

"Personal experience is valuable but an insufficient foundation for universal claims."

"What we choose to investigate reveals what we believe matters."

"The history of science is partly the history of overturning confident certainties."

"Empathy and epistemology are more deeply connected than traditional philosophy admits."

"Knowledge of ourselves is perhaps the most elusive form of knowledge."

"Standards of evidence should be transparent and consistently applied."

"Belief persistence happens even in the face of contradicting evidence too often."

"Understanding requires not just information but meaningful integration of information."

"The testimony of the marginalized is often systematically discredited without cause."

"Reason and emotion work together in all meaningful knowledge acquisition."

"Disagreement, handled well, is an opportunity for intellectual growth."

"The archive of human knowledge is built on countless forgotten contributions."

"What we cannot articulate we often fail to fully understand."

"Certainty in human affairs is rarer than most people believe."

"The practical consequences of our beliefs should inform how we hold them."

"Imagination is not the opposite of reason but essential to it."

"Prejudice often masquerades as common sense or intuition."

"The pursuit of knowledge is inseparable from the pursuit of virtue."

"What constitutes evidence is itself a matter requiring careful thought."

"Learning to think well is more valuable than accumulating facts."

"The reliability of our institutions of knowledge depends on their openness to criticism."