Dr. Noam Cohen

Dr. Noam Cohen is a lecturer in the Core Curriculum Department and the Philosophy and Jewish Thought Department at Shalem College. His research delves into the relationship between individuals and society, nature, and the broader world, with a particular emphasis on 20th century phenomenology and Greek philosophy. Dr. Cohen earned his PhD in philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, receiving the prestigious Nathan Rotenstreich Scholarship from the Israeli Council for Higher Education. He graduated summa cum laude with an M.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. in Philosophy and Art History from Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Dr. Cohen also served as a guest researcher at the Husserl Archive at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, as an Arthur Fried Fellow at Shalem College, and as a fellow at the Sydney M. Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science. His research has seen publication in numerous academic journals, and one of his articles received the Ted Kisiel Junior Scholar Award presented by the Heidegger Circle.

Selected Publications

“Mathematical Objectivity and Husserl’s ‘Community of Monads’,” Axiomathes 32 (Suppl 3) (2022), pp. 971-991.

“The Ethics of the Circular and the Rectilinear in Plato’s Timaeus,Ancient Philosophy, 40 (1) (Spring 2020), pp. 93-106.

“Logic and Morality: Contradiction, Good and Evil,” Hegel-Jahrbuch, 11 (1) (2018), pp. 93-97.

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