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Arthur Coleman Danto

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American art critic and philosopher (1924-2013)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1924 to 2013 · aged 89
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Arthur Coleman Danto was an American art critic, philosopher, and professor at Columbia University.

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2005Albertus-Magnus professorate
2001Carus Lectures
1990National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
1985George Polk Award
1969Guggenheim Fellowship

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Bruno BettelheimAlso won National Book Critics Circle Award in CriticismAchille MbembeAlso won Albertus-Magnus professorateDonald DavidsonAlso won Carus LecturesNick UtAlso won George Polk AwardStuds TerkelAlso won George Polk AwardStanley CavellAlso won Carus Lectures

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Arthur Coleman Danto was an American art critic, philosopher, and professor at Columbia University. He was best known for having been a long-time art critic for The Nation and for his work in philosophical aesthetics and philosophy of history, though he contributed significantly to a number of fields, including the philosophy of action. His interests included thought, feeling, philosophy of art, theories of representation, philosophical psychology, Hegel's aesthetics, and the philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean-Paul Sartre.

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United States
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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1924 to 2013 · aged 89
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25 languages

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