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R.I.P. G.A. Cohen

Wednesday, 5 August 2009 in Notices by Matthew Smith | 5 comments

A philosophical giant has passed, quite suddenly and with what seemed to be so many years ahead of him.  How incredibly sad.  What a loss.

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1 - Wednesday, 5 August 2009 at 5:07 pm

Kevin Vallier

This is really sad for political philosophers of any persuasion. Cohen was one of the best, most intellectually honest and careful political philosophers out there. I wonder if it wouldn’t be worthwhile to run a reading group here on the new book in his honor, if anyone is interested.

2 - Wednesday, 5 August 2009 at 6:20 pm

Andrew Jason Cohen

I’ll second Kevin’s points.

3 - Thursday, 6 August 2009 at 1:56 am

Simon Cabulea May

A huge loss. Thanks for putting this up Matt.

Crooked Timber had a reading group on RJ&E a little while ago, but I didn’t follow it because I haven’t got to reading the book yet. It may be an idea if anyone wants to get it going.

5 - Friday, 7 August 2009 at 8:12 pm

Blain Neufeld

I had the pleasure of taking two seminars with Cohen while at Oxford. He was also the examiner of my MPhil thesis. Without a doubt, Cohen was one of the sharpest, and funniest, persons I’ve ever met. It’s been many years since I last saw him in person. Nonetheless, he had an enormous influence on my philosophical development (even though I disagreed with most of his views). I wish I had expressed my gratitude when I had a chance. However, I doubt that he would’ve remembered me.

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