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> [What we need to do, however, is figure out what our best available theories of the mind suggest about epistemological issues, while we recognise that we may need to change our views on these questions as new evidence comes in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-kornblith/what-we-need-to-do-however-is-figure-out-what-our-best-available/)

[Hilary Kornblith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-kornblith/)

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> [Work on causal theories of knowledge - early work by Armstrong, and Dretske, and Goldman - seemed far more satisfying. As I started to see the ways in which work in the cognitive sciences could inform our understanding of central…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-kornblith/work-on-causal-theories-of-knowledge-early-work-by-armstrong-and/)

[Hilary Kornblith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-kornblith/)

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