The principal emphasis in his work was on the powers and use of reasoning and how reasoning should be used properly on professional assessment of evidence in legal and scientific trials.
Initially a political philosopher, he published The Principles of World Citizenship in 1954. He then pursued the question "What do you mean by...?"", in The Diversity of Meaning (1962). This involved linguistic philosophy and sociology.
His best-known book, The Probable and the Provable (1977), argued in favour of inductive reasoning when making up your mind, for instance, when on a jury. The human ability to bring in all the relevant factors when arguing from known specifics to a general conclusion—the essence of inductive reasoning—was in his view far too complex to express in a logical equation. But their methods of reasoning could still be held up to inspection and, to some extent, classified.
In clinical and scientific work, he was also concerned with the nature of proof. Another book, Belief and Acceptance (1992), examined the bases of people's assumptions.
Levi, Issac (2008). "Laurence Jonathan Cohen 1923–2006". Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 153 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows, VII. British Academy. doi:10.5871/bacad/9780197264348.003.0008. ISBN978-0-19-726434-8.
jonathan, cohen, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, january, 2021, learn, when,. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Laurence Jonathan Cohen FBA 7 May 1923 26 September 2006 was a British philosopher He was Fellow and Praelector in Philosophy 1957 90 and Senior Tutor 1985 90 at The Queen s College Oxford and British Academy Reader in Humanities University of Oxford 1982 84 He was educated at St Paul s School London and Balliol College Oxford Contents 1 Career 2 Work 3 Honours 4 Publications 5 References 6 External linksCareer editWorld War II in Naval Intelligence in UK and SEAC 1942 45 and Lieut Sp RNVR Assistant in Logic and Metaphysics Edinburgh University 1947 50 Lecturer in Philosophy St Andrews University 1950 57 Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Logic at Princeton and Harvard 1952 53 Visiting Lecturer Hebrew University Jerusalem 1952 Visiting Professor Columbia University 1967 Yale University 1972 Northwestern University 1988 Visiting Fellow Australian National University 1980 Fellow The Queen s College Oxford 1957 1990 Senior Tutor The Queen s College Oxford 1985 1990Work editThe principal emphasis in his work was on the powers and use of reasoning and how reasoning should be used properly on professional assessment of evidence in legal and scientific trials Initially a political philosopher he published The Principles of World Citizenship in 1954 He then pursued the question What do you mean by in The Diversity of Meaning 1962 This involved linguistic philosophy and sociology His best known book The Probable and the Provable 1977 argued in favour of inductive reasoning when making up your mind for instance when on a jury The human ability to bring in all the relevant factors when arguing from known specifics to a general conclusion the essence of inductive reasoning was in his view far too complex to express in a logical equation But their methods of reasoning could still be held up to inspection and to some extent classified In clinical and scientific work he was also concerned with the nature of proof Another book Belief and Acceptance 1992 examined the bases of people s assumptions Honours editHe was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1973 President B nai B rith Oxford Lodge 1974 British Academy Philosophical Lecturer 1975 Fry Lecturer Bristol University 1976 Austin Lecturer UK Association for Legal and Social Philosophy 1982 Secretary International Union of History and Philosophy of Science Division of Logic Methodology and Philosophy of Science 1975 83 Pres 1987 91 President British Society for the Philosophy of Science 1977 79 Chairman British National Committee for Logic Methodology and Philosophy of Science 1987 91 Chairman Section K Philosophy British Academy 1994 96 General Editor Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy 1973 2006Publications editThe Principles of World Citizenship 1954 The Diversity of Meaning 1962 The Implications of Induction 1970 The Probable and the Provable 1977 Applications of Inductive Logic 1980 Joint editor Logic Methodology and Philosophy of Science 1982 Joint editor The Dialogue of Reason 1986 An Introduction to the Philosophy of Induction and Probability 1989 An Essay on Belief and Acceptance 1992 Knowledge and Language Selected Essays of L Jonathan Cohen 2002References editWho s Who 2005 Adler Jonathan 29 September 2006 Obituary Jonathan Cohen The Guardian Jewish Chronicle 26 October 2006 obituary Levi Issac 2008 Laurence Jonathan Cohen 1923 2006 Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 153 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows VII British Academy doi 10 5871 bacad 9780197264348 003 0008 ISBN 978 0 19 726434 8 External links editJonathan Cohen obituary in The Daily Telegraph archived by Wayback Machine Academic officesPreceded byDana Scott President of the DLMPST IUHPST1987 1991 Succeeded byJens Erik Fenstad Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title L Jonathan Cohen amp oldid 1112131941, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
