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Ted Cohen (1939 - March 14, 2014) was an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. His interests included philosophy of art, history of the philosophy of art, especially in the 18th-century, and the philosophy of language. Education and career
Ted Cohen, a philosopher whose agile intellect and wry humor made him a UChicago campus legend, died Friday after a brief hospitalization. He was 74.
Ted Cohen may refer to: Ted Cohen (philosopher) (1939–2014), American philosopher. Ted Cohen (music industry executive) (born 1949), American digital entertainment industry executive.
Ted Cohen, AB’62, a philosopher whose agile intellect and wry humor made him a campus legend, died March 14 after a brief hospitalization. He was 74. A memorial service was held April 12 at the Quadrangle Club.
Ted Cohen was an original and captivating essayist known for his inquisitive intelligence, wit, charm, and a deeply humane feel for life. For Cohen, writing was a way of discovering, and also celebrating, the depth and complexity of things overlooked by most professional philosophers and aestheticians—but not by most people.
In Thinking of Others, Ted Cohen argues that the ability to imagine oneself as another person is an indispensable human capacity—as essential to moral awareness as it is to literary appreciation—and that this talent for identification is the same as the talent for metaphor.
An illuminating study, replete with killer jokes.”—Kevin McCardle, The Herald (Glasgow) “Cohen is an ardent joke-maker, keen to offer us a glimpse of how jokes are crafted and to have us dwell rather longer on their effects.”—Barry C. Smith, Times Literary Supplement.
Ted Cohen was an original and captivating essayist known for his inquisitive intelligence, wit, charm, and a deeply humane feel for life. For Cohen, writing was a way of discovering, and also celebrating, the depth and complexity of things overlooked by most professional philosophers and aestheticians—but not by most people.
Jul 18, 2024 · Ted grew up in a tiny Illinois town where everyone played basketball. He was brainy. The aloneness made him a lifelong joiner, wonderful in James Joyce or Torah study groups, President of the Quadrangle Club and the Temple, eager to share experiences with people in whatever currency.
Ted Cohen (1939-2014) was a professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago from 1967 until his death. He was the auhor of Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters and Thinking of Others: On the Talent for Metaphor and co-editor of Essays in Kant’s Aesthetics and Pursuits of Reason: Essays in Honor of Stanley Cavell.
