Sosa, Ernest

"The responsible intellectual follows the evidence, not their desires."

"Coherence alone cannot guarantee truth; we need external anchors."

"Intellectual honesty sometimes requires admitting what we do not know."

"The virtuous thinker seeks understanding, not merely correct answers."

"Knowledge is an achievement, not a mere state or condition."

"Proper cognitive environment is essential for reliable belief formation."

"We should credit our cognitive successes to both luck and virtue."

"The internalist tradition wrongly locates justification entirely within the mind."

"Epistemic responsibility is not optional but foundational to ethics."

"The passionate pursuit of truth is the highest intellectual calling."

"Our concepts shape how we carve up reality at its joints."

"Belief formation is a human activity subject to moral assessment."

"The naturalistic epistemology respects both science and philosophy."

"Indigenous knowledge systems offer insights Western epistemology often overlooks."

"Intellectual disagreement can be productive when approached with virtue."

"The problem of induction reminds us of the limits of empirical reasoning."

"Proper basicality marks beliefs that need no further justification."

"The virtues form an integrated whole, each supporting the others."

"We are social creatures, and our knowledge reflects this fundamental fact."

"Epistemically, we are all fallible and all dependent on others."

"The pursuit of knowledge is inherently a moral endeavor."

"Cognitive achievement requires both effort and favorable circumstances."

"The responsible person carefully monitors their own belief-forming processes."

"Truth is not a matter of mere opinion or preference."

"The virtuous scientist maintains integrity even under pressure."

"Our theories are underdetermined by evidence, yet some are better than others."

"Intellectual independence does not mean rejecting testimony or community."

"The seeker of knowledge must cultivate both open-mindedness and critical thinking."

"Proper function theory explains why some beliefs constitute knowledge and others do not."

"We must hold our deepest commitments lightly enough to examine them critically."