Elliot D. Cohen (Fort Pierce, FL), Ph.D., Brown University, is chair of the Department of Humanities and professor of philosophy at Indian River Community College, editor of the International Journal of Applied Philosophy and the International Journal of Philosophical Practice, the director of the Institute of Critical Thinking, and the author or editor of nine books. He is also a founder and executive director of the American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and Psychotherapy as well as an ethics consultant for several health care facilities.
