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Langer, Suzanne Katherina was born on December 20, 1895 in New York City. Daughter of Antonio and Elsie M. (Ulrich) Knauth.
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(Art history.)
Art history.
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Langer, Suzanne Katherina was born on December 20, 1895 in New York City. Daughter of Antonio and Elsie M. (Ulrich) Knauth.
AB, Radcliffe College, 1920. AM, Radcliffe College, 1924. Doctor of Philosophy, Radcliffe College, 1926.
Student, University Vienna, 1922. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Wilson College, 1954. Western College, Wheaton College, Mount Holyoke College, 1962.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 1964. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Philadelphia College Fine Arts, 1966. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Clark University, 1968.
Tutor philosphy, Radcliffe College, 1927-1942;assistant professor philosphy, U. Delaware, 1943;lecturer philosophy, Columbia University, 1945-1950;visiting professor, New York University, 1945;visiting professor, New School Scoial Research, Northwestern University, Ohio University, University Wash, University of Michiganprofessor philosophy, Connecticut College, 1954-1962;professor emeritus, research scholar, Connecticut College, from 1962.
(From rear cover notes: " In Philosophy in a New Key, Susa...)
( This is probably the clearest book ever written on symb...)
( Modern theories of meaning usually culminate in a crit...)
(Modern theories of meaning usually culminate in a critiqu...)
(This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)
(Study to ascertain the functions served by myth, ritual a...)
(An Introduction to Symbolic Logic, 3rd Edition by Susanne...)
(An Introduction to Symbolic Logic, 3rd Edition by Susanne...)
(New American Library, 1951, Mentor, Good., Minor marginal...)
(Book by Langer, Professor Susanne K.)
("comprehensive theory of art")
(Art Studies, Philosophy)
(Art history.)
Author: The Practice of Philosophy, 1930, Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite and Art, 1942, An Introduction to Symbolic Logic, 1953, Feeling and Form, 1953, Problems of Art, 1957, Philosophical Sketches, 1962, Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling, 3 vols., 1967-1982. Co-editor: Structure, Method and Meaning-Essays in Honor of Henry M. Sheffer, 1951.
Editor: Reflections on Art, 1958.
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married William L. Langer, September 3, 1921 (divorced 1942). Children: Leonard C.R., Bertrand.
