Sanford Goldberg

Sanford Goldberg is the Chester D. Tripp Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University's Department of Philosophy. His work spans Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, and Philosophy of Mind, with a focus on social epistemology, testimony, and speech act theory. He holds a PhD from Columbia University (1995).

His research explores topics such as the norms governing assertion, epistemic justification, and the role of social practices in knowledge acquisition. Key works include Anti-Individualism (2007), Relying on Others (2010), and Conversational Pressure (2020). His recent articles address epistemic luck, normative expectations, and the ethics of belief in social contexts.

Goldberg's contributions emphasize the distributed nature of epistemic responsibility and the interplay between linguistic norms and epistemic practices. His work bridges traditional epistemology with social and applied dimensions, influencing debates on testimony, epistemic dependence, and group knowledge.