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