Morris Raphael Cohen (Belarusian: Мо́рыс Рафаэ́ль Ко́эн; July 25, 1880[a] – January 28, 1947) was an American judicial philosopher, lawyer, and legal scholar who united pragmatism with logical positivism and linguistic analysis.

He attended the City College of New York and Harvard University, where he studied under Josiah Royce, William James, and Hugo Münsterberg.

[7] Cohen's obituary in the New York Times called him "an almost legendary figure in American philosophy, education and the liberal tradition".

[7] From his work, Reason and Nature: On May 3, 1953, under President Buell G. Gallagher, the City College Library was dedicated to and named for Morris Raphael Cohen.

[10] Cohen died on January 28,1947 in Washington, D.C.[11][12] According to Richard T. Hall, he was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, New York.