Alvin Goldman
Alvin Goldman | |
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Goldman in 1966 | |
| Born | October 1, 1938 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 2024 (aged 85) |
| Education | |
| Thesis | Action (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Benacerraf |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic Foundationalism |
| Main interests | Epistemology, philosophy of action |
| Notable ideas | Causal theory of knowledge, social epistemology, externalist foundationalist theory of justification |
Alvin Ira Goldman (October 1, 1938 – August 4, 2024) was an American philosopher who was emeritus Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a leading figure in epistemology.