Catherine Elgin
Catherine Z. Elgin | |
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![]() Elgin at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics in 2010 | |
Born | 1948 |
Alma mater | Brandeis University |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Main interests | epistemology and the philosophies of art and science |
Catherine Z. Elgin (born 1948) is a philosopher working in epistemology and the philosophies of art and science.[1] She holds a Ph.D. from Brandeis University where she studied with Nelson Goodman and is currently a professor of philosophy of education at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. She is well known for her several joint works with philosopher Nelson Goodman.
Philosophical work[]
Elgin's work has considered such questions as "what makes something cognitively valuable?" As an epistemologist, she considers the pursuit of understanding to be of higher value than the pursuit of knowledge.[1]
In Considered Judgment, Elgin argues for "a reconception that takes reflective equilibrium as the standard of rational acceptability."[2]
Bibliography[]
- With Reference to Reference, Hackett, 1983
- Reconceptions in Philosophy and Other Arts and Sciences, together with Nelson Goodman, Routledge, 1988
- Revisionen. Philosophie und andere Künste und Wissenschaften, 1993
- The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman, v. 1. Nominalism, Constructivism, and Relativism, ISBN 0-8153-2609-2, v. 2. Nelson Goodman's New Riddle of Induction, ISBN 0-8153-2610-6, v. 3. Nelson Goodman's Philosophy of Art, ISBN 0-8153-2611-4, v. 4. Nelson Goodman's Theory of Symbols and its Applications, ISBN 0-8153-2612-2, 1997[3]
- Between the Absolute and the Arbitrary (Paperback), Cornell University Press, 1997[4]
- Considered Judgment, Princeton University Press, 1996
- Philosophical Inquiry: Classic and Contemporary Readings, 2007
- Begging to differ, The Philosophers' Magazine, December, 2012
- True Enough, MIT Press, 2017
- "Understanding in Science and Elsewhere": Interview with Catherine Z. Elgin about her philosophy and her intellectual biography, published 2019 on 3:AM Magazine [1] and republished on 3:16 [2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Harvard: Catherine Elgin". Harvard University. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ "Considered Judgment". Princeton University Press. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
- ^ Elgin, Catherine (1997). The Philosophy of Nelson Goodman. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-8153-2612-2.
- ^ "Between the Absolute and the Arbitrary (Paperback)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
Categories:
- Living people
- Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty
- American philosophers
- Brandeis University alumni
- Epistemologists
- 1948 births
- American philosopher stubs