Priscilla T Neuman Cohn Ferrater Mora was an American philosopher and animal rights activist.
12 Facts About Priscilla Cohn
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Priscilla Cohn was Emerita Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, associate director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, and co-editor of the centre's Journal of Animal Ethics.
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Priscilla Cohn studied at Haverford Friends School, leaving early to study at Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr.
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Priscilla Cohn then enrolled in Bryn Mawr College, earning a bachelor's, a master's, and a PhD in philosophy, between 1956 and 1969.
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Priscilla Cohn wrote her thesis on the work of Heidegger; her doctoral advisor was the Spanish philosopher Jose Ferrater Mora.
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Priscilla Cohn separated with Willard Cohn in 1969 ; Cohn married Ferrater Mora the same year.
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Priscilla Cohn taught philosophy for more than 35 years at Pennsylvania State University, writing on a variety of topics including animals, environmental issues, and ethical problems, as well as on contemporary philosophers and the history of philosophy, publishing in both English and Spanish.
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Priscilla Cohn was made full Professor in Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University in 1982, and was made Professor Emerita at Pennsylvania State University Abington in 2001.
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Priscilla Cohn pioneered courses in animal ethics and lectured on five continents.
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Priscilla Cohn taught the Graduate School Course on Applied Ethics at the University of Santiago de Compostela, in 1991.
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Priscilla Cohn was a board member of The Fund for Animals and Humane USA.
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Priscilla Cohn died at her home in Villanova, Pennsylvania, on 27 June 2019, due to complications relating to Parkinson's disease.