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Another element of Martin Cohen's style in presenting philosophy is to use simple and unpretentious line drawings both to break up the text (and make it less monolithic) and to illustrate specific issues under discussion, for example the 'Traditional
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Martin Cohen is well known for having invented the famous 'cow-in-the-field' thought experiment in the spirit of Edmond
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to concentrate on his writing, which typically blend "psychological and social studies with philosophical theory ... eschewing technical jargon and using easily understood scenarios to demonstrate the theme". The first of these,
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where his tutors included some of the early group of philosophers who launched the university's pioneering language and values programme, including Terry Diffey and
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Paradigm Shift: How Expert
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