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