Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Alvin Goldman
Born: October 1, 1938
Died: August 4, 2024 (aged 85)
Bio: Alvin Ira Goldman was an American philosopher who was Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a leading figure in epistemology.
Known for:
- Epistemology and Cognition (1986)
- Knowledge in a Social World (1999)
- A Theory of Human Action (1970)
- Pathways to Knowledge: Private and Public (2002)