Alan H. Goldman Explained

Region:	Western philosophy
Era:	21st-century philosophy
Alan H. Goldman
Birth Date:	1945
Birth Place:	New York
School Tradition:	Analytic
Institutions:	College of William & Mary
Main Interests:	moral philosophy, aesthetics, epistemology, value theory
Doctoral Advisor:	Arthur Danto, Issac Levi
Spouse:	Joan Goldman
Education:	Columbia University (Ph.D.) Yale University (B.A.)
Awards:	NEH Fellowship ACLS Fellowship

Alan Harris Goldman (born 1945) is an American philosopher and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the College of William & Mary.^[1] He is known for his works on philosophy and popular culture, literature, morality, love, and beauty.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Philosophy

He has defended an explanationist theory of knowledge, a coherentist theory of moral truth, an ideal critic account of acceptable aesthetic judgment, and a subjectivist view of well-being and value. In an earlier book he argued for preference in admissions and hiring on socio-economic, not gender or racial, grounds. In the first book on ethics across the professions, he introduced the concept of role differentiation, while attacking zealous advocacy by lawyers, medical paternalism, and profit maximization by corporations.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Books

• Life's Values: Pleasure, Happiness, Well-Being, Meaning, Oxford University Press, 2018
• Philosophy and the Novel, Oxford University Press, 2013
• Reasons from Within, Oxford University Press, 2009
• Practical Rules: When We Need Them and When We Don't, Cambridge University Press, 2002
• Aesthetic Value, Westview Press, 1995
• Moral Knowledge, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1988
• Empirical Knowledge, University of California Press, 1988
• The Moral Foundations of Professional Ethics, Rowman and Littlefield, 1980
• Justice and Reverse Discrimination, Princeton University Press, 1979
• Mark Twain and Philosophy (ed.), Rowman and Littlefield, 2017

External links

• Alan H. Goldman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goldman's CV . 21 November 2018.
2. Goetz . Stewart . Review of Life's Values: Pleasure, Happiness, Well-Being, and Meaning . NDPR . 18 June 2019 . en . 1538-1617.
3. Skilleås . Ole Martin . Review of Philosophy and The Novel . NDPR . 18 December 2013 . en . 1538-1617.
4. Skilleås . Ole Martin . Review of Fictional Characters, Real Problems: The Search for Ethical Content in Literature . NDPR . 6 March 2017 . en . 1538-1617.
5. Paul . Sarah K. . Review of Reasons from Within: Desires and Values . NDPR . 27 June 2011 . en . 1538-1617.
6. Richardson . Henry S. . Review of Practical Rules: When We Need Them and When We Don't . NDPR . 8 July 2002 . en . 1538-1617.
7. Goodin . Robert . Review of The Moral Foundations of Professional Ethics . Ethics . 1981 . 92 . 1 . 137–139 . 0014-1704.
8. O'Brien . David M. . Justice and Reverse Discrimination. Alan H. Goldman . The Journal of Politics . August 1980 . 42 . 3 . 879–881 . 10.2307/2130564 . en . 0022-3816.