Anti-Individualism

Sanford Goldberg (PhD, Columbia University, 1995) is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. He has taught previously at the University of Kentucky (1999-2007) and Grinnell College (1995-1999).

• Preface; Introduction; Part I. Semantic Anti-Individualism: 1. The nature of knowledge communication; 2. Public linguistic norms: the case from successful communication; 3. Public linguistic norms: the case from misunderstanding; 4. From public linguistic norms to anti-individualism regarding language of thought; Part II. Epistemic Anti-Individualism: 5. The epistemic dimension of knowledge communication: towards an anti-individualistic approach; 6. The objection from gullibility; 7. The objection from rationality; 8. Towards an 'active' epistemic anti-individualism; References; Index.

'Goldberg's book is an important contribution to philosophy of language and mind, as well as epistemology. For anyone who is, or aspires to be, a serious participant in the epistemology of testimony it is a 'must study'.' Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews