Summary Of Goldman's Philosophy Of The Mind

Philosophy of the Mind
Part One
In his argument against publicity requirement within the scientific community, Goldman questions the use of observation as a way of forming a belief for a statement to be considered as a piece of scientific evidence. As he states, no other belief-forming method can be employed apart from observation for the statement in question to qualify as a piece of scientific evidence. This does not exempt the fact that the use of any other belief-forming method can as well produce a hypothetical observation that can produce the required belief in the statement. This, therefore, makes to question what observation is in the context of scientific inquiry. To those who strongly support the issue of publicity requirements, they …show more content…
Objective reality refers to the perspective that the world is real and we are existing in it and that everything, as it looks, is real. According to Nigel, yes the something might look like a dream, we must be able to view them as they are happening or rather existing. Though Nigel is of the opinion that the world needs an objective perspective and reasoning, he appreciates the fact that the world begins by us. This has made it difficult to embrace the concept of total objective reality as desired by philosophy. Looking at Goldman’s argument against publicity requirement in evidential production, it is quite clear that he also support the view of the scientists embracing objective reality. From his work, we have seen him criticizing the method used by the scientist community in coming up with a conclusion that a given statement is a piece of scientific evidence. Much of his criticism targeted the overreliance on observation as a key method of coming up with a belief. Worse still, the idea of several investigators using observation method to on one same question and expected to come up with a similar answer that is to inform on the belief as to whether a statement qualifies to be a piece of scientific evidence. In this regard, his claim is that rarely do agree about a given piece of investigation and as such, expecting several people to use observation method and come up with an agreement is close to a dream. Such a dream is far much away from the truth which he insists on. According to him, the only way to reinforce the truth is by adopting the concept of reliability in the investigations. This is the same ideology brought forward by Nigel. Nigel in his assertions emphasizes the need to insist on objective reality. People should not rely so much on their perceptions and substitute them with the truth. He holds that the truth is the most