Goldman and His Critics

397 Pages·2016·1.63 MB·English

by  Brian P. McLaughlin

Goldman
and His CritiCs
philosophers and their critics
General Editor: Ernest Lepore
Philosophy is an interactive enterprise. Much of it is carried out in dialogue as theories and
ideas are presented and subsequently refined in the crucible of close scrutiny. The purpose
of this series is to reconstruct this vital interplay among thinkers. Each book consists of a
temporary assessment of an important living philosopher’s work. A collection of essays
written by an interdisciplinary group of critics addressing the substantial theses of the
philosopher’s corpus opens each volume. In the last section, the philosopher responds to
his or her critics, clarifies crucial points of the discussion, or updates his or her doctrines.
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3 Meaning in Mind: Fodor and His Critics
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4 Dennett and His Critics
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5 Danto and His Critics
Edited by Mark Rollins
6 Perspectives on Quine
Edited by Robert B. Barrett and Roger F. Gibson
7 The Churchlands and Their Critics
Edited by Robert N. McCauley
8 Singer and His Critics
Edited by Dale Jamieson
9 Rorty and His Critics
Edited by Robert B. Brandom
10 Chomsky and His Critics
Edited by Louise M. Antony and Norbert Hornstein
11 Dworkin and His Critics
Edited by Justine Burley
12 McDowell and His Critics
Edited by Cynthia Macdonald and Graham Macdonald
13 Stich and His Critics
Edited by Dominic Murphy and Michael Bishop
14 Danto and His Critics, 2nd Edition
Edited by Mark Rollins
15 Millikan and Her Critics
Edited by Dan Ryder, Justine Kingsbury, and Kenneth Williford
16 Goldman and His Critics
Edited by Brian P. McLaughlin and Hilary Kornblith
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Names: McLaughlin, Brian P., editor.
Title: Goldman and his critics / edited by Brian McLaughlin and Hilary Kornblith.
Description: Hoboken : Wiley, 2016. | Series: Philosophers and their critics |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016025078 (print) | LCCN 2016025889 (ebook) | ISBN 9780470673676 (cloth) |
ISBN 9781118609255 (pdf) | ISBN 9781118609170 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Goldman, Alvin I., 1938–
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Contents
List of Contributors vii
Foreword ix
Alvin I. Goldman
Preface x
Part I Reliabilism, Internalism, and Externalism 1
1 Internalism, Reliabilism, and Deontology 3
Michael Williams
Reply to Michael Williams
2 Goldman against Internalism 22
Laurence BonJour
Reply to BonJour
3 Historical versus Current Time Slice Theories in Epistemology 43
Thomas Kelly
Reply to Kelly
4 The Justification of Memory Beliefs: Evidentialism, Reliabilism,
Conservatism 69
Matthew McGrath
Reply to McGrath
5 Unreliable Testimony 88
Elizabeth Fricker
Reply to Fricker
Part II Epistemological Trouble‐Shooting and Social Epistemology 125
6 Process Reliabilism and Virtue Epistemology 127
Ernest Sosa
Reply to Sosa
vi ConTEnTS
7 Goldman on Evidence and Reliability 149
Jack C. Lyons
Reply to Lyons
8 A naturalistic Approach to the Generality Problem 178
Erik J. Olsson
Reply to olsson
9 Veritism and Epistemic Value 200
Duncan Pritchard
Reply to Pritchard
10 The Condorcet Jury Theorem and Voter‐Specific Truth 219
Christian List and Kai Spiekermann
Reply to List and Spiekermann
Part III Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, and Metaphysics 235
11 Knowledge and Reliability 237
Jennifer Nagel
Reply to nagel
12 Goldman on Knowledge of Mind 259
Christopher S. Hill
Reply to Hill
13 Under Influence : Is Altercentric Bias Compatible with 
Simulation Theory? 280
Frédérique de Vignemont and Hugo Mercier
Reply to Vignemont and Mercier
14 Finding the Body in the Brain: From Simulation Theory to 
Embodied Simulation 297
Vittorio Gallese
Reply to Gallese
15 Embodiment in Perception: Will We Know It When We See It? 318
Chaz Firestone
Reply to Firestone
16 Cognitive Science and Metaphysics: Partners in Debunking 337
Jonathan Schaffer
Reply to Schaffer
Appendix: Alvin Goldman’s Publications 369
Index 379
List of Contributors
Laurence BonJour Thomas Kelly
Professor Emeritus Professor
Department of Philosophy Department of Philosophy
University of Washington, Seattle Princeton University
Chaz Firestone Christian List
Graduate Student Professor of Political Science and
Department of Psychology Philosophy
Yale University Departments of Government and
Philosophy
Elizabeth Fricker
London School of Economics
Fellow and Tutor
Faculty of Philosophy Jack C. Lyons
Magdalen College Professor
University of Oxford Department of Philosophy
University of Arkansas
Vittorio Gallese
Professor of Human Physiology Matthew McGrath
Department of Neuroscience Professor
University of Parma Department of Philosophy
University of Missouri, Columbia
Alvin I. Goldman
Board of Governors Professor of Hugo Mercier
Philosophy and Cognitive Science Ambizione Fellow
Department of Philosophy Cognitive Science Center
Rutgers University University of Neuchâtel
Christopher S. Hill Jennifer Nagel
William Herbert Perry Faunce Professor Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy Department of Philosophy
Brown University University of Toronto
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Erik J. Olsson Kai Spiekermann
Professor of Theoretical Philosophy Associate Professor of Political Philosophy
Lund University Department of Government
London School of Economics
Duncan Pritchard
Professor Frédérique de Vignemont
Department of Philosophy CNRS Researcher
University of Edinburgh insitut Jean Nicod
Jonathan Schaffer Michael Williams
Distinguished Professor Krieger‐Eisenhower Professor
Department of Philosophy Department of Philosophy
Rutgers University Johns Hopkins University
Ernest Sosa
Board of Governors Professor
Department of Philosophy
Rutgers University