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Morris Raphael Cohen
AuthorBooks · Second hand1880-1947
Morris Raphael Cohen was a Russian-born American judicial philosopher, lawyer, and legal scholar who united pragmatism with logical positivism and linguistic analysis. This union coalesced into the "objective relativism" fermenting at Columbia University before and during the early twentieth-century interwar period. He was father to Felix S. Cohen and Leonora Cohen Rosenfield.
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About Morris Raphael Cohen
Birth
1880
Death
1947
Morris Raphael Cohen was a Russian-born American judicial philosopher, lawyer, and legal scholar who united pragmatism with logical positivism and linguistic analysis. This union coalesced into the "objective relativism" fermenting at Columbia University before and during the early twentieth-century interwar period. He was father to Felix S. Cohen and Leonora Cohen Rosenfield.
Morris Raphael Cohen was born in Minsk in 1880 before becoming a key figure in American philosophy.
His most notable work, A preface to logic, is a fundamental reference for those beginning their journey into logical thought.
Throughout his prolific career, Cohen published a total of 52 works exploring the intersection of philosophy, science, and law.
His thought was characterized by a rigorous analysis that connected formal logic with the social issues of the United States.
Passing away in 1947, his intellectual legacy remains an essential piece for understanding 20th-century philosophy.
