Ted Cohen | |
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Born | 1939 |
Died | March 14, 2014 |
Alma mater | Harvard University (PhD), University of Chicago (AB) |
Spouse | Andy Austin Cohen[citation needed] |
Awards | Pushcart Prize |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy |
Institutions | University of Chicago |
Thesis | The Grammar of Taste (1972) |
Doctoral advisor | Stanley Cavell, Rogers Albritton |
Main interests | Philosophy of art |
Ted Cohen (1939 - March 14, 2014) was an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago.[1][2] His interests included philosophy of art, history of the philosophy of art, especially in the 18th-century, and the philosophy of language.[3]
Cohen received his Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Chicago in 1962, a Master of Arts (MA) from Harvard in 1965 and a PhD from Harvard in 1972 (Titled: The grammar of taste). He taught at the University of Chicago from 1967. Cohen worked mainly in the philosophy of art.[3]
Cohen served as president of the American Philosophical Association (2006-2007) and the American Society for Aesthetics (1997-1998).[4]
He was also the moderator of the Latke–Hamantash Debate at the University of Chicago for 25 years until his death.