Stanley Fish

In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective.

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These are some quotes by American author Stanley Fish Writer, who was born on April 19, 1938.

Quotes by Stanley Fish

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.

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Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

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It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are.

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