Ben-Israel Isaac, Cohn Institute


Short Curriculum Vitae (highlights):


Isaac Ben-Israel teaches philosophy at Tel-Aviv University since 1989.
He was born in Israel (Tel-Aviv), 1949.
He is married to Inbal (nee Marcus) and they have three sons: Yuval (16), Roy (13) and Alon (9).
He studied Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy at Tel-Aviv University, receiving his Ph.D. in philosophy
in 1988.
He joined the Israel Air Force (IAF) in 1967 and has served continuously ever since.
During his service, Brig. Gen. Isaac Ben-Israel has held several posts in operations, intelligence and weapon
development units of the IAF. He currently serves as Head of R&D in Israel Defense Forces and Ministry
of Defense (since 1990).

Education
1967-1970 - B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics, Cum Laude, Tel-Aviv Uni.
1984-1986 - M.Sc. in Philosophy of Science, Cum Laude, Tel-Aviv Uni.
1986-1988 - Ph.D. in Philosophy, Tel-Aviv Uni.

Major publications (books and major articles):


Isaac Ben Israel has published numerous classified and dozens of unclassified papers. The major one
are:
1. “Looking for Wisdom and Calculation”, in Z. Offer and A. Kober (eds.), Quality and Quantity, Israel
Ministry of Defense, 1985 (in Hebrew).
2. “The Logic of Learning Military Lessons”, Ma’arachot 305, September. 1986, pp. 24-29 (in
Hebrew).
3. “Where Did Clausewitz Go Wrong?”, Ma’arachot 311, Mars 1988, pp. 16-25 (in Hebrew).
4. Dialogues on Science and Military Intelligence, Israel Ministry of Defense, 1989 (in Hebrew).
5. “Philosophy and Methodology of Intelligence -- The Logic of Estimate Process”,
Intelligence and National Security, Vol. 4, No. 4, October 1989, pp. 690-718.
6. “Back to the Future”, Ma’arachot 329, Mars-April 1993, pp. 2-5 (in Hebrew).
7. “On striving for Perfectness completeness and its unanticipated Results”, Ma’arachot 335, May
1994, pp. 2-7 (in Hebrew).


Teaches in the following subject areas:


Philosophy of science, Kant’s metaphysics and epistemology, Philosophy of mathematics.

Teaches the following courses in the current academic year:


a. Philosophy and Mathematics.
b. Relativity, Quantum Theory and Kant.

Areas of current research interest:


Philosophy of (military) intelligence, Philosophy of science, Quantum Theory and interpretation, Kant’s
philosophy. Main research program: Kantian interpretation to Quantum theory.

Additional points of contact (office/home telephone,fax,etc.):


Office Tel. 03-5692009 , Fax 03-6976725
Home Tel. 03-5494292 ; 03-5495762
Mobile 052-507311

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