Dr. Jonathan Reuben Cohen (born July 18, 1958) is an American professor of philosophy at the University of Maine at Farmington. In 2003, he won the Best Faculty Award of the year. In 2004, he became the first Director of General Education at that university. He specializes in teaching history of philosophy, ethics, and logic. He has research interests in Nietzsche, ancient philosophy, and Jewish philosophy. Cohen graduated from Harvard with a major in philosophy in 1980, and then graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Master's Degree in philosophy in 1984. At that point he went to Jewish Theological Seminary of America and attained a degree in Jewish philosophy in 1988. Following that, he went to the University of Pennsylvania and received his PhD in 1991. Cohen lives with his wife and four children in Farmington, Maine. Cohen's book Cohen's book Science, Culture, and Free Spirits (Prometheus Books, 2009, ISBN 9781591026808), discusses the importance of one of Nietzsche's lesser known works, Human, All Too Human. Published works *Some Jewish reflections on Locke's Letter Concerning Toleration *Science, Culture, and Free Spirits
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