PHILOSOPHER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susanne Langer has received more than 303,682 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Susanne Langer is the 831st most popular philosopher (up from 868th in 2019), the 3,301st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,715th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 54.14

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Susanne Langer ranks 831 out of 1,267. Before her are Kumārila Bhaṭṭa, Karel Kosík, Favorinus, Aleksey Khomyakov, George of Trebizond, and Hermippus of Smyrna. After her are Wonhyo, Anathon Aall, Yuriy Drohobych, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, Porcia, and F. H. Bradley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Susanne Langer ranks 122. Before her are Pan Yuliang, Ernesto Lecuona, Isamu Chō, Robert Heinrich Wagner, Paul Giesler, and Walter Gieseking. After her are Trifko Grabež, Agop Dilâçar, Lucian Blaga, Jacques Brugnon, Alfred Neuland, and Walter Jackson Freeman II. Among people deceased in 1985, Susanne Langer ranks 91. Before her are Oreco, Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, Hermann Priess, Anton Karas, Géza Toldi, and Stefan Bellof. After her are Evgeny Lifshitz, Paul Castellano, Omayra Sánchez, Élias Sarkis, Sergei Yutkevich, and Edmond O'Brien.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susanne Langer ranks 3,301 out of 20,380. Before her are Joe Pass (1929), Jean Smart (1951), Marlon Jackson (1957), Alvin Hansen (1887), Judith Resnik (1949), and Henry Armstrong (1912). After her are Steve Gadd (1945), Moondog (1916), Raymond Franz (1922), Barbara Babcock (1937), Fred Brooks (1931), and John Gavin (1931).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Susanne Langer ranks 34. Before her are William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Helen Parkhurst (1886), Michael J. Sandel (1953), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), Eric Hoffer (1898), and Ted Nelson (1937). After her are Donald Davidson (1917), David Lewis (1941), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Robert Anton Wilson (1932), Lysander Spooner (1808), and Edmund Gettier (1927).

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