Competence Quote by Ernest Sosa

I am quite wedded to the view that epistemologists should concern themselves with knowledge rather than our concept of knowledge. The analogy I like…

— Hilary Kornblith

“In any given culture and at any given moment, there is always only one 'episteme' that defines the conditions of possibility of all knowledge,…

— Michel Foucault

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

— Theodore Bikel

In my view, since the case can be made that knowledge too is a natural kind, the role of pretheoretical intuitions is similarly diminished…

— Hilary Kornblith

“Second, when one tries to formulate a definition of knowledge or, more generally, when one investigates matters in epistemology, one does not start with…

— J.P. Moreland

Ethologists thus have an interest in looking at these capacities for the reliable acquisition of belief, and it is not surprising that they have…

— Hilary Kornblith

All parts of knowledge have their origin in metaphysics, and finally, perhaps, revolve into it.

— Thomas de Quincey

“What is necessary is that epistemology, instead of being the pre-condition for ontology, should grow in it and with it, being at the same…

— Étienne Gilson

Epistemology now flourishes with various complementary approaches. This includes formal epistemology, experimental philosophy, cognitive science and psychology, including relevant brain science, and other philosophical…

— Ernest Sosa

Knowledge is a theory - Knowing is an experience

— Ritu Ghatourey

So long as knowledge goes beyond mere true belief, foreknowledge is implausible, since having and relying on relevant true beliefs is sufficient for inquiry.…

— Gail Fine

All knowledge is ultimately rooted in metaphorical (or analogical) modes of perception and thought.

— Denis Leary