Alix Cohen

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Alix Cohen
Born1976
Education Cambridge University (PhD)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Kantian philosophy
Institutions University of Edinburgh
Thesis Kant's critique of the human sciences (2005)

Alix Cohen (born 1976) is a British philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. She is known for her works on Kant's thought. [1] [2] [3] [4] She is the current Co-Editor with Sacha Golob of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy. [5]

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  1. Merritt, Melissa M. (September 2021). "Feeling and Orientation in Action: A Reply to Alix Cohen". Kantian Review. 26 (3): 363–369. doi:10.1017/S1369415420000515. ISSN   1369-4154. S2CID   229409568.
  2. Ziegler, Rafael (1 September 2012). "Alix Cohen. Kant and the Human Sciences: Biology, Anthropology, and History". Isis. 103 (3): 586–587. doi:10.1086/668986. ISSN   0021-1753.
  3. McQuillan, Colin. "Kant and the Human Sciences: Biology, Anthropology, and History". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
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