Susan Haack Quotes on Truth
Susan Haack is a British-American philosopher, distinguished professor at the University of Miami, and one of the leading defenders of pragmatism and epistemological responsibility in contemporary analytic philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to Susan Haack on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Susan Haack:
“Knowledge is more like a crossword puzzle than a building; it is held up by mutual support, not by a single foundation.”
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Attributed to Susan Haack:
“Science and humanism are not enemies; they are two faces of the same commitment to truth.”
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Attributed to Susan Haack:
“Critical common-sensism is the antidote to both naive realism and fashionable skepticism.”
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Attributed to Susan Haack:
“Honest inquiry is rarer, and harder, than the academic profession sometimes pretends.”