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> [The correctness of much testimonially based belief is no more than minimally creditable to the believer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/the-correctness-of-much-testimonially-based-belief-is-no-more-than/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

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> [In my view (animal) knowledge is apt belief, where not only the belief (its existence and content) but also its correctness is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/in-my-view-animal-knowledge-is-apt-belief-where-not-only-the-belief/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

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> [Animal knowledge is metaphysically constituted by apt belief, by belief whose correctness manifests the believer's epistemic competence, a relevant disposition to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/animal-knowledge-is-metaphysically-constituted-by-apt-belief-by/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

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## Other authors on Correctness

## More by Ernest Sosa

> [Philosophers need not much use the word 'intuition' or the concept of intuition, except when they happen to be working on the epistemology of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/philosophers-need-not-much-use-the-word-intuition-or-the-concept-of/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [When you dream, your perceptual (and other) competence is affected. You are then unable to get it right competently with the beliefs in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/when-you-dream-your-perceptual-and-other-competence-is-affected-you/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [Ultimately, my more significant agreement is with a virtue tradition that features Aristotle and Descartes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/ultimately-my-more-significant-agreement-is-with-a-virtue-tradition/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [It is bad to want something that not even God could attain, especially when the impossibility becomes obvious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/it-is-bad-to-want-something-that-not-even-god-could-attain-especially/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [I am mainly concerned with unqualified knowledge, by contrast with the varieties of expert knowledge: scientific knowledge of various sorts, legal knowledge, medically expert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/i-am-mainly-concerned-with-unqualified-knowledge-by-contrast-with-the/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [If a shot aimed at aptness succeeds aptly, it is then fully apt, since it is not only apt but also aptly apt. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/if-a-shot-aimed-at-aptness-succeeds-aptly-it-is-then-fully-apt-since/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [It is also certain that when we assent to some piece of reasoning when our perception of it is lacking, then either we go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/it-is-also-certain-that-when-we-assent-to-some-piece-of-reasoning/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [We need some standard that will determine how likely a belief is to be true given just that it is stored in one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/we-need-some-standard-that-will-determine-how-likely-a-belief-is-to/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [Descartes's epistemology is a special case of Aristotle's virtue ethics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/descartes-s-epistemology-is-a-special-case-of-aristotle-s-virtue/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [There isn't a formal definition of success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/there-isn-t-a-formal-definition-of-success/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [Success is better than failure; an attempt is a better attempt, it is better as an attempt, if competent than if incompetent; and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/success-is-better-than-failure-an-attempt-is-a-better-attempt-it-is/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [Judgment is affirmation with the intention to thereby affirm competently enough, and indeed aptly. That distinguishes judgments from mere guesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/judgment-is-affirmation-with-the-intention-to-thereby-affirm/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [Any defense of common sense must allow that it is revisable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/any-defense-of-common-sense-must-allow-that-it-is-revisable/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [Given its more substantial aim, a judgment is apt only if its constitutive alethic affirmation is not only apt but aptly apt. The subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/given-its-more-substantial-aim-a-judgment-is-apt-only-if-its/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

> [We can pursue the Cartesian project without restricting ourselves to theology and a priori faculties. A better, broader perspective is properly sought if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-sosa/we-can-pursue-the-cartesian-project-without-restricting-ourselves-to/)

[Ernest Sosa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-sosa/)

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