Alvin Goldman Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy Contact Information Office: Davison Hall 109 Email: Phone: (732) 932-9861 x109 Homepage: http://fas-philosophy.rutgers.edu/goldman

Education

Speciality

Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science

Research

Alvin Goldman's principal research areas are epistemology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science, and he has also written on metaphysics, political and legal theory, and philosophy of science. In epistemology he has championed the causal theory of knowing, the relevant alternatives approach to knowledge, and reliabilism about justification. Epistemology and Cognition (1986) explores connections between epistemology and cognitive science. Knowledge in a Social World (1999) articulates a truth-oriented conception of social epistemology and shows how the pursuit of truth can be enhanced by good interpersonal argumentation and well-designed technologies and institutions of public communication. These themes are applied to science, law, democracy, and education.Recent papers on epistemic internalism, a priori warrant, philosophical intuitions, and trust in experts are collected in Pathways to Knowledge (2002). He recently completed a book on the simulation theory of mindreading, entitled Simulating Minds: The Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience of Mindreading. It will be published in 2006 by Oxford University Press. In the fall of 2005, he assumes the position of Editor of the journal Episteme: A Journal of Social Epistemology, published by Edinburgh University Press. See http://www.episteme.us.com.

Publications

Books A Theory of Human Action, Prentice-Hall (1970). (Electronic Copy) Values and Morals, edited (with Jaegwon Kim), Kluwer (1978). Epistemology and Cognition, Harvard University Press (1986). Liaisons: Philosophy Meets the Cognitive and Social Sciences, MIT Press (1992). Philosophical Applications of Cognitive Science, Westview (1993). Readings in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, edited, MIT Press (1993). Knowledge in a Social World, Oxford University Press (1999). Pathways to Knowledge: Private and Public, Oxford University Press (2002). Simulating Minds: The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading, Oxford University Press (2006). Selected Articles and Chapters, Topically Organized Mainstream Epistemology "A Causal Theory of Knowing," Journal of Philosophy (1967); reprinted in Liaisons. "Discrimination and Perceptual Knowledge," Journal of Philosophy (1976), reprinted in Liaisons. "What Is Justified Belief?" in Pappas, ed., Justification and Knowledge (1979); reprinted in Liaisons. "Internalism Exposed," Journal of Philosophy (1999); reprinted in Pathways. "A Priori Warrant and Naturalistic Epistemology," in Philosophical Perspectives (1999); reprinted in Pathways. "The Unity of the Epistemic Virtues," in Fairweather and Zagzebski, eds. (2001); reprinted in Pathways. Naturalistic Epistemology Epistemology and Cognition (1986), esp. part 2. "Epistemic Folkways and Scientific Epistemology," in Liaisons. "The Sciences and Epistemology," in Moser, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology (forthcoming). Social Epistemology "An Economic Model of Scientific Activity and Truth Acquisition" (with Moshe Shaked), Philosophical Studies (1991); reprinted in Liaisons. "Epistemic Paternalism: Communication Control in Law and Society," Journal of Philosophy (1991); reprinted in Liaisons. "Games Lawyers Play: Legal Discovery and Social Epistemology" (with William Talbott), Legal Theory (1998). Knowledge in a Social World (1999), passim. "Experts: Which Ones Should You Trust?" Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (2001); reprinted in Pathways. "Group Knowledge versus Group Rationality: Two Approaches to Social Epistemology", Episteme, A Journal of Social Epistemology 1: 11-22 (2004). Metaphysics "Actions, Predictions, and Books of Life," American Philosophical Quarterly (1968). "The Compatibility of Mechanism and Purpose," Philosophical Review (1969). A Theory of Human Action, especially chaps. 1-2. "The Individuation of Action," Journal of Philosophy (1971). "Metaphysics, Mind, and Mental Science," Philosophical Topics (1989); reprinted in Liaisons. Philosophy of Mind "Interpretation Psychologized," Mind and Language (1989); reprinted in Liaisons. "Empathy, Mind and Morals," Proceedings and Addresses of the APA (1992). "Consciousness, Folk Psychology, and Cognitive Science," Consciousness and Cognition (1993). "The Psychology of Folk Psychology," Behavioral and Brain Sciences (1993). "The Mentalizing Folk," in Sperber, ed., Metarepresentations (2000). Philosophy and Cognitive Science Epistemology and Cognition (1986), part 2. "Science, Publicity, and Consciousness," Philosophy of Science (1997). "Mirror Neurons and the Simulation Theory of Mindreading" (with Vittorio Gallese), Trends in Cognitive Sciences (1998). "Can Science Know When You're Conscious? Epistemological Foundations of Consciousness Research," Journal of Consciousness Studies (2000). Political Theory "Toward a Theory of Social Power," Philosophical Studies (1972); reprinted in Liaisons. "Why Citizens Should Vote: A Causal Responsibility Approach," Social Philosophy and Policy (1999). Knowledge in a Social World (1999), chap. 10 ("Democracy"). Legal Theory "Epistemic Paternalism: Communication Control in Law and Society," Journal of Philosophy (1991); reprinted in Liaisons. "Speech, Truth, and the Free Market for Ideas" (with James Cox), Legal Theory (1996). "Games Lawyers Play: Legal Discovery and Social Epistemology" (with William Talbott), Legal Theory (1998). Knowledge in a Social World (1999), chap. 9 ("Law"). "Quasi-Objective Bayesianism and Legal Evidence," Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (2002)