Priscilla Cohn
American philosopher (1933–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Priscilla T. Neuman Cohn Ferrater Mora (née Neuman; December 14, 1933 – June 27, 2019) was an American philosopher and animal rights activist. She was Emerita Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, associate director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, and co-editor of the centre's Journal of Animal Ethics.
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Born | Priscilla T. Neuman (1933-12-14)December 14, 1933 |
Died | June 27, 2019(2019-06-27) (aged 85) Villanova, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Education | Bryn Mawr College (Philosophy BA, MA, PhD) |
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Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Thesis | The Idea of Nothing in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger (1969) |
Doctoral advisor | José Ferrater Mora |
Language | English, Spanish |
Main interests | Animal ethics, environmental ethics, history of philosophy |
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