Martin Cohen

About

Martin is a philosophy lecturer and researcher and the author of many popular introductions to philosophy including 101 Philosophy Problems, Mind Games, Wittgenstein's Beetle, and Political Philosophy from Plato to Mao. His latest book is Rethinking Thinking for Imprint Academic and his current project is a look at the philosophy of jokes. Prior to this he took a look at the sociology of food for Turner in the U.S. This was a blend of philosophy, social science and cutting edge thinking on food issues, and called ... "I Think Therefore I Eat'. For rights inquiries, please contact me or the publishers direct. I now write full-time, but in the past I have taught philosophy and social science at a number of universities in the UK and Australia, and been involved in a research project at Leeds University under George MacDonald Ross into exploring ways to shift philosophy teaching away from the mere study of philosophical facts and toward a view of philosophy as an activity. As well as editing The Philosopher, I co-founded and edit a blog called www.philosophical-investigations and review books. Previously this was for the Times Higher Education, now it is for Reedsy Discovery. I have contributed to numerous publications including the economics pages at the Guardian, the environment blog at the Daily Telegraph and the popular US 'for Dummies' site. Specialties: Philosophy, social science, ethics