Marx W. Wartofsky

Marx W. Wartofsky (1928–1997) was a philosopher, specialising in historical epistemology. He was a professor of philosophy at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the editor of The Philosophical Forum.^[1] With Robert S. Cohen, he co-founded the Boston University Center for Philosophy and History of Science, in 1960.

His works include Feuerbach (Cambridge University Press, 1977), a philosophical and historical critique of German philosopher and moralist Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach; Conceptual Foundations of Scientific Thought (Macmillan, 1968) and Models: Representation and Scientific Understanding (1979), inquiries into the meaning of scientific models and metaphors.^[1][2]

References

1. New York Times Obit
2. The Philosophical Review, Vol. 88, No. 3 (Jul., 1979), pp. 471-476

External links

• Feuerbach. Marx W. Wartofsky. Cambridge University Press, 1977. ISBN 0-521-21257-X
• Models: Representation and the Scientific Understanding. Marx W. Wartofsky. Springer Science & Business Media, 1979.