Marx W. Wartofsky (1928–1997) was an American philosopher, specialising in historical

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. He was a professor of philosophy at

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and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the editor of '' The Philosophical Forum''. 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

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; ''Conceptual Foundations of Scientific Thought'' (Macmillan, 1968) and ''Models: Representation and Scientific Understanding'' (1979), inquiries into the meaning of scientific models and metaphors.The Philosophical Review, Vol. 88, No. 3 (Jul., 1979), pp. 471-476
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''Feuerbach''
Marx W. Wartofsky. Cambridge University Press, 1977.
''Models: Representation and the Scientific Understanding''
Marx W. Wartofsky. Springer Science & Business Media, 1979. 1928 births 1997 deaths People from Brooklyn 20th-century American philosophers Columbia University alumni Boston University faculty Baruch College faculty {{US-philosopher-stub