| Marx W. Wartofsky | |
| Birth Date: | 1928 |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Death Date: | March |
| Death Place: | Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Era: | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region: | Western philosophy |
| School Tradition: | Continental philosophy |
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| Main Interests: | Epistemology |
| Notable Ideas: | Categorization of artifacts |
| Influences: | Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach |
Marx W. Wartofsky (1928–1997) was an American 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]