Expertise

Early Modern (esp. Hume); Epistemology; Kant

Biography

Charles Goldhaber's research focuses on skepticism and its history, especially in the early modern period. He writes on figures such as Hume, Kant, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. He also writes about early modern feminism, the role of philosophy in living well, and the intersection of epistemology and philosophy of perception.

Before joining Temple, Goldhaber taught and researched the University of Florida, Princeton University, and Haverford College. He received his PhD from University of Pittsburgh and BA from UC Berkeley.

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Selected Publications

• “Layered Irony in Sor Juana and Hume’s Compositions on Skepticism,” forthcoming in Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie.
• “Kant’s Offer to the Skeptical Empiricist” (2024), Journal of the History of Philosophy 62(3): 421–47.
• “Hume’s Skeptical Philosophy and the Moderation of Pride” (2024), Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 108(3): 621–36.
• “The Dissatisfied Skeptic in Kant’s Discipline of Pure Reason” (2023), Journal of Transcendental Philosophy 4(2): 157–77.
• “Hume’s Real Riches” (2022), History of Philosophy Quarterly 39(1): 45–57.
• “The Humors in Hume’s Skepticism” (2021), Ergo 7(30): 789–824.“Does Perceptual Psychology Rule Out Disjunctivism in the Theory of Perception?” (2021), Synthese 198(8): 7025–47.

Courses Taught

• History of Philosophy: Modern