Alan H. Goldman

Alan Harris Goldman (born 1945) is an American philosopher and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor 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.


Alan H. Goldman
Born1945
New York
EducationColumbia University (Ph.D.)
Yale University (B.A.)
Spouse(s)Joan Goldman
AwardsNEH Fellowship
ACLS Fellowship
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsCollege of William & Mary
Thesis (1972)
Doctoral advisorArthur Danto
Main interests
moral philosophy, aesthetics, epistemology, value theory

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
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References
  1. "Goldman's CV" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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