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Susanne Langer

1895 - 1985

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Susanne Katherina Langer (; née Knauth; December 20, 1895 – July 17, 1985) was an American philosopher, writer, and educator known for her theories on the influences of art on the mind. She was one of the earliest American women to achieve an academic career in philosophy and the first woman to be professionally recognized as an American philosopher. Langer is best remembered for her 1942 book Philosophy in a New Key, which was followed by a sequel, Feeling and Form: A Theory of Art, in 1953. In 1960, Langer was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Susanne Langer is the 893rd most popular philosopher (down from 831st in 2019), the 4,279th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,301st in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Susanne Langer ranks 893 out of 1,267. Before her are Gaudapada, Liu Yuxi, Georges Florovsky, Ernest Nagel, Antoun Saadeh, and Arai Hakuseki. After her are Jaimini, Rudolf Stammler, Nausiphanes, Ber Borochov, Wilfrid Sellars, and Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Susanne Langer ranks 139. Before her are Walter Gieseking, Fulton J. Sheen, Gustav Klutsis, Laurens Hammond, Walter Jackson Freeman II, and Lucía Sánchez Saornil. After her are Feng Youlan, László Almásy, Nahum Goldmann, Gustav Lombard, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, and Trifko Grabež. Among people deceased in 1985, Susanne Langer ranks 109. Before her are Géza Toldi, Sergei Yutkevich, Manfred Winkelhock, Kenny Clarke, William Stevenson, and Ernest Nagel. After her are Iosif Shklovsky, Georgia Hale, Dmitry Belyayev, Paul Castellano, Oreco, and Benjamin Markarian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susanne Langer ranks 4,279 out of 20,380. Before her are Kevin Federline (1978), Bob Seger (1945), Bruce Davison (1946), David D. Friedman (1945), James Rebhorn (1948), and Carla Gugino (1971). After her are David Starr Jordan (1851), Pink (1979), Bruce Cabot (1904), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Eugene Parker (1927), and Irene Dunne (1898).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Susanne Langer ranks 37. Before her are Jerry Fodor (1935), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Eric Hoffer (1898), James Mark Baldwin (1861), and Ted Nelson (1937). After her are Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Helen Parkhurst (1886), Stanley Cavell (1926), Sandra Harding (1935), David Lewis (1941), and Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945).

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