Ideas of Alvin I. Goldman, by Theme

[American, b.1938, Professor at the University of Arizona for many years.]

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

4262	If the only aim was consistent beliefs then new evidence and experiments would be irrelevant

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

4045	Children may have three innate principles which enable them to learn to count

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism

4044	Rat behaviour reveals a considerable ability to count

7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation

4048	Infant brains appear to have inbuilt ontological categories

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

4043	Elephants can be correctly identified from as few as three primitive shapes

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

4049	The way in which colour experiences are evoked is physically odd and unpredictable

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism

4047	Gestalt psychology proposes inbuilt proximity, similarity, smoothness and closure principles

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism

8830	A belief can be justified when the person has forgotten the evidence for it

6871	We can't only believe things if we are currently conscious of their justification - there are too many

6872	Internalism must cover Forgotten Evidence, which is no longer retrievable from memory

6874	Internal justification needs both mental stability and time to compute coherence

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / b. Pro-externalism

8832	If justified beliefs are well-formed beliefs, then animals and young children have them

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

6873	Coherent justification seems to require retrieving all our beliefs simultaneously

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

8829	Justification depends on the reliability of its cause, where reliable processes tend to produce truth

6875	Reliability involves truth, and truth is external

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 1. Introspection

8831	Introspection is really retrospection; my pain is justified by a brief causal history