Sosa, Ernest

"Our cognitive systems are instruments for tracking truth, but imperfect instruments nonetheless."

"The virtue of intellectual honesty sometimes requires us to say 'I do not know' rather than pretend certainty."

"Proper intellectual development involves learning not just facts but how to think rightly about facts."

"Contextualism shows that the standards for knowledge are not absolute but relative to the stakes involved."

"The foundations of knowledge rest ultimately on faculties that function properly according to their design."

"Intellectual virtue is cultivated through practice, feedback, and commitment to truth-seeking."

"The problem of skepticism arises when we demand impossibly high standards for justified belief."

"Knowledge involves more than belief that happens to be true; it requires the right causal history."

"Our entitlement to trust our cognitive faculties is not itself derived from conscious reasoning."

"Analytic philosophy has shown that careful attention to language clarifies deep epistemological issues."

"The intellectual virtue of intellectual courage means not retreating from hard truths."

"Virtue epistemology unites epistemology with ethics in the recognition that both concern how we should conduct ourselves."

"The aim of science is understanding natural kinds through investigation of their true natures."

"Justification requires more than mere causation; it requires the right kind of causal process."

"Intellectual community provides both the conditions for discovering truth and for recognizing error."

"The proper object of intellectual virtue is truth, understood as fidelity to how things really are."

"Epistemology matters because how we think shapes what we believe and how we live."

"Our cognitive faculties are reliable enough to justify basic trust in their deliverances."

"The virtue of intellectual patience means giving inquiry the time it needs to reach firm conclusions."

"Knowledge is not a matter of degree but of kind; one either knows or one does not."

"The intellectual virtues are excellences of mind that make us good thinkers and good seekers of truth."

"Proper intellectual formation requires mentors and communities that model and encourage virtue."

"The problem of induction shows that we can never deduce the future from the past with certainty."

"Safety conditions ensure that our knowledge is not merely lucky true belief."

"Intellectual honesty sometimes means acknowledging that our favorite theories lack sufficient evidence."

"The naturalistic perspective on epistemology accepts that we are part of nature, not outside observers."

"Virtue epistemology suggests that the best thinkers combine knowledge with intellectual humility."

"Our beliefs form a web of interconnections where each belief gains justification partly through coherence with others."

"The intellectual virtue of intellectual perseverance means continuing to seek understanding despite obstacles."

"Epistemological success requires both the right mental states and the right relationship to the world."