Background
Jerrold Levinson was born on 11 July 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, the United States. He is the son of Max and Paula (Forster) Levinson.
Jerrold Levinson was born on 11 July 1948 in Brooklyn, New York, the United States. He is the son of Max and Paula (Forster) Levinson.
Levinson graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he gained a Bachelor of Science degree in Philosophy and Chemistry in 1969. He earned his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Michigan in 1974.
Levinson started his career as a visiting assistant professor at SUNY Albany. In 1976 he became assistant professor at the University of Maryland, was promoted to associate professor in 1982 and full professor in 1991. In 2004 Levinson was appointed to Distinguished University Professor.
During his career Levinson has been visiting professor at several universities in the U.S., including the Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University. He has also held visiting appointments in other countries.
In 2003, Levinson co-directed a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, Art, Mind, and Cognitive Science, and during 2001-2003 was President of the American Society for Aesthetics.
Levinson is particularly known for his work on the aesthetics of music, as well as for his search for meaning and ontology in film, art and humour. He has posited theories of evaluating music and has considered the legitimacy of emotional response in musical appreciation. Within his study of performance he has also examined the distinctness of performing and critical interpretation.
Some of his essays have been translated into Swedish, and a number of essays are currently being translated into French.
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Levinson married Karla Hoff on July 14, 1985. They have a daughter, Melanie Augusta.
