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Susanne Katherina Langer (née Knauth) (December 20 1895 – July 17 1985) 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.

birth date
1895-12-20
birth place
Manhattan
death date
1985-07-17
death place
Old Lyme Connecticut
era
20th-century philosophy
individualised GND number
11908869X
influenced by
Ernst Cassirer, Howard Gardner, Alfred North Whitehead
LCCN Id
n/79/007438
main interest
Aesthetics, Philosophy of mind
philosophicalSchool
Process philosophy

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