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Dan Cohen

Title

Professor of Philosophy

Department

Philosophy

Information

  • (207) 859-4553
  • Curriculum Vitae/Personal Webpage
  • [email protected]
  • (207) 859-4705
  • Lovejoy 249

Address

4553 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Current Courses

CRS Title Sec
PL151 Logic and Argumentation A
PL253 Skepticism East and West A
PL277 Reuman Reading Group A
PL353 Contemporary Analytic Philosophy A
PL422 Philosophical Encounters: Dewey, Addams, and Social Democracy A

Education

Colby College, B.A., 1975
Indiana University, Ph.D., 1983

Areas of Expertise

  • Argumentation theory

  • Philosophy of language

  • Metaphors

  • Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein

 

Publications

"In Search of the Wild Paradox" "On Counterpossibles" "Tractatus Logica-Philosophica" "Argument is War.. and War is Hell" "Arguing with God" "Putnam, Truth, and Logic" "Informal Logic and the Surprise Exam" "Now THAT was a Good Argument" "Gods, Gadflies, and Bulldog Tenacity" Arguments and Metaphors in Philosophy, 2004

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Waterville, ME 04901 207-859-4000
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