Morris Raphael Cohen (July 25, 1880 - January 28, 1947) was a Jewish philosopher, lawyer and legal scholar who united pragmatism with logical positivism and linguistic analysis. He was father to Felix S. Cohen. July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution. ... A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. ... Pragmatism is belief of the teaching of philosophy which originated in the United States in the late 1800s. ... Logical positivism (later referred to as logical empiricism, rational empiricism, and also neo-positivism) is a philosophy that originated in the Vienna Circle in the 1920s. ... Look up Analysis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary An analysis is a critical evaluation, usually made by breaking a subject (either material or intellectual) down into its constituent parts, then describing the parts and their relationship to the whole. ... Felix Solomon Cohen (1907-1953) Felix Cohen was a lawyer and legal scholar who developed an interest and expertise in law concerning natural resources, statehood and economic development for American territories, Indian affairs, and immigration and minority problems. ...

Cohen was born in Minsk, Belarus (then Russian empire), but moved with his family to New York, at the age of 12. He was educated at the City College of New York (ccNY) and Harvard University, where he studied under Josiah Royce, William James, and Hugo Munsterberg; obtaining a PhD from Harvard in 1906. Victory Square, the central place of Minsk Minsk or Miensk (Belarusian: ; Russian: ) is the capital and a major city of Belarus with a population of 1. ... The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as City) is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Josiah Royce (November 20, 1855, Grass Valley, California. ... William James William James (January 11, 1842, New York – August 26, 1910, Chocorua, New Hampshire) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher. ... Hugo Münsterberg (1863 - 1916) was a U.S. (German-born, in Danzig) psychologist. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

He was Professor of Philosphy at CCNY from 1912-38. He also taught Law at City College and the University of Chicago 1938-41, gave courses at the New School for Social Research, and lectured in Philosophy and Law at Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and other universities. The University of Chicago is a private research university located primarily in the Hyde Park neigborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ...

Cohen was legendary as a professor for his wit, encyclopedic knowledge, and his ability to demolish philosophical systems. "He could and did tear things apart in the most devastating and entertaining way; but ... he had a positive message of his own."; Robert Hutchins. Cohen helped give CCNY in the 1930s its reputation as the "proletarian Harvard", perhaps more than any other faculty member. Cohen Library at CCNY is named in his honor.

From his work, Reason and Nature:

To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority. But there is obviously an important difference between an establishment that is open and invites every one to come, study its methods, and suggest improvement, and one that regards the questioning of credentials as due to wickedness of heart, such as Cardinal Newman attributed to those who questioned the infallibility of the Bible... Rational science treats its credit notes as always redeemable on demand, while non-rational authoritarianism regards the demand for the redemption of its paper as a disloyal lack of faith.

Cohen's books include: John Henry Newman John Henry Newman (February 21, 1801—August 11, 1890), English cardinal, was born in London, the eldest son of John Newman, banker, of the firm of Ramsbottom, Newman and Co. ... This article applies to political ideologies. ...

• Reason and Nature (1931, rev. 1953), his major philosophical work.
• Law and the Social Order (1933).
• An Introduction to Logic and the Scientific Method, with Ernest Nagel, (1934).
• The Faith of a Liberal (1945).
• A Preface to Logic (1945).
• The Meaning of Human History (1947).

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• A Dreamer's Journey (1949), his autobiography.
• Reason and Law (1950).
• American Thought, a Critical Sketch (1954).