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

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Hilary Kornblith

#Views Quotes #Intuition Quotes #Roles Quotes

“Grief is so far from retrieving a loss that it makes it greater; but the way to lessen it is by a comparison with others' losses.”
“Style ought to prove that one believes in an idea; not only that one thinks it but also feels it.”
“Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.”
“Gold is the most precious of all commodities; gold constitutes treasure, and he who possesses it has all he needs in the world, as also the means of rescuing souls from purgatory, and restoring them to the enjoyment of paradise.”

Source : Christopher Columbus, Richard Henry Major (1870). “Select Letters of Christopher Columbus: With Other Original Documents, Relating to His Four Voyages to the New World”, p.203
“Speaking of [Ronald] Reagan on the faith of the founders, he was particularly fond of George Washington, who he cited nearly 200 times, and almost twice as much as all the presidents since [John F.]Kennedy combined.”
“I had gotten to know the music scene there, and just fell in love with it. I've lived there a little over four years now. There's a charm to Denton. The musicians in Denton are all very talented, but they're also all very accessible and very community-oriented.”
“Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.”
“Music is what I always turn to when I'm feeling a certain way. It's my reason for everything.”

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