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Sheldon Cohen

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My Ph.D. is from the Northwestern University and I joined the department in the fall of 1969.

Research Interests

Ancient and medieval philosophy

Recent, representative publications

  • Aristotle on Nature and Incomplete Substance (Cambridge University Press, 1996)

  • Arms and Judgment: Law, Morality, and the Conduct of War in the Twentieth Century (Westview, 1989)

  • "Aristotle on Elemental Motion," Phronesis (1994)

  • "Moral Philosophy, International Law, and the deaths of Innocents," in Just War, Nonviolence, and Nuclear Deterrence, ed. Richard Werner (Longwood, 1991).

  • Deterrence, ed. Richard Werner (Longwood, 1991) "Luck and Happiness in the Nicomachean Ethics," Soundings (1990)

Recent, representative presentations

  • "Aristotle on Elemental Motion," American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, 1994

  • "Morality and Military Leadership," USAF Air University and War College, 1992

  • "War and the Justification of Civilian Casualties," Notre Dame Institute for International Peace Studies, 1990

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate courses in ancient and medieval philosophy and graduate courses on each of Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas-Anselm-Augustine

Professional/Community Interests

Various lectures to local churches and synagogues on the Greek view of the soul, medieval theology, and so on

...And on a more personal note

I was in New York City a week after the September 11th terrorist attacks and stayed for a number of days. I kept a diary of those days and if you are interested in reading the diary, click here.

 

Sheldon Cohen

Contact Information

Sheldon Cohen
Professor Emeritus
815 McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN 37996-0480

Phone: 865-974-7215
Fax: 865-974-3509

Email: kbohsted@utk.edu