Susanne Katherina Langer
Philosopher, Author
1895 – 1985
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Who was Susanne Katherina Langer?
Susanne Katherina Langer was an American philosopher of mind and of art who was influenced by Ernst Cassirer and Alfred North Whitehead. She was one of the first women to achieve an academic career in philosophy and the first to be popularly and professionally recognized as an American philosopher. Langer is best known for her 1942 book Philosophy in a New Key.
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- Born
- Dec 20, 1895
New York City - Also known as
- Susanne K. Langer
- Susanne Langer
- Susanne Katherina Knauth Langer
- Susanne Katerina Knauth
- Susanne Langer
- Spouses
- William L. Langer
(1921 - )
- William L. Langer
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Radcliffe College
- Lived in
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Died
- Jul 17, 1985
Old Lyme
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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