Ted Cohen (philosopher)

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]

Ted Cohen
Born	1939
Died	March 14, 2014
Spouse	Andy Austin Cohen[citation needed]
Awards	Pushcart Prize
Education
Alma mater	Harvard University (PhD), University of Chicago (AB)
Thesis	The Grammar of Taste (1972)
Doctoral advisor	Stanley Cavell, Rogers Albritton
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Institutions	University of Chicago
Main interests	Philosophy of art

Education and career

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.

Selected books

• Essays in Kant's Aesthetics, edited with Paul Guyer (University of Chicago Press, 1982)
• Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters (University of Chicago Press, 1999).
• Thinking of Others: On the Talent for Metaphor (Princeton University Press, 2008).
• Serious Larks: The Philosophy of Ted Cohen, edited and introduced by Daniel Herwitz. (University of Chicago Press, 2018)