However, it led her to further explore the complexity and nature of human consciousness. Susanne Langer's unexplored thesis revolving around the connection of consciousness and aesthetics as well as her unusual use of language in her writing ultimately caused her to be scrutinized by her fellow scholars. She also taught philosophy at the University of Michigan, New York University, Northwestern University, Ohio University, Smith College, Vassar College, the University of Washington, and Wellesley College. From 1954 to 1962, she taught at Connecticut College. She lectured in philosophy for one year at the University of Delaware and for five years at Columbia University (1945–1950). She was a tutor in philosophy at Radcliffe from 1927 to 1942. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1920 and continued with graduate studies in philosophy at Harvard, where she received a master's diploma in 1924 and a doctorate in 1926. In 1916, Langer enrolled at Radcliffe College. Her early education included attendance at Veltin School for Girls, a private school as well as being tutored from home. They had two sons and moved back to Cambridge, Massachusetts before they divorced in 1942. She married William Leonard Langer, a fellow student at Harvard, in 1921, and in the same year the couple took their studies to Vienna, Austria. Her love of nature began during the summers her family spent in their cottage on Lake George. This formed her love for reading and writing, and she would often write her own poems and stories to entertain her younger siblings. As a girl, Langer enjoyed reciting the works of great poets as well as traditional children's rhymes and tales.
She was taught to play the cello and the piano, and she continued with the cello for the rest of her life. She was exposed thoroughly to creativity and art, most specifically through music. Though she was American born, Langer's primary language was German, as it was strictly spoken in her household throughout her youth, and her German accent remained for her entire life. She was the daughter of Antonio Knauth, an attorney, and Else Uhlich, both immigrants from Germany. Life īorn Susanne Katherina Knauth, Langer was raised in Manhattan's West Side in New York City. In 1960, Langer was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 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. 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. Susanne Katherina Langer ( / ˈ l æ ŋ ər/ née Knauth Decem– July 17, 1985) was an American philosopher, writer, and educator known for her theories on the influences of art on the mind. Going beyond simple exposition, Hosinski's expert use of examples and illustrations clarifies Whitehead's neologisms and obscurities.Distinction between discursive and presentational symbols This book will not only inform new students but will also enlighten seasoned scholars of Whitehead's work. This is one of the best introductions to Whitehead's philosophy in print. one of the best introductory renderings of the status and significance of actual entities. sympathetic and spirited defence of Whitehead's complex metaphysics. Recommended for advanced undergraduates and beyond. an attractive alternative to Victor Lowe's Understanding Whitehead, Ivor Leclerc's Whitehead's Metaphysics, and Donald Sherburne's A Key to Whitehead's Process and Reality. Thanks to Hosinski serious students no longer have an excuse that making sense of Whitehead's metaphysics is beyond them. Hosinski presents the complexities of Whitehead's conceptuality with remarkable simplicity and clarity. knowledgeable of both process philosophy and theology accurate in its description of Whitehead's intricate and elegant system appreciative of the boldness, novelty and incredible scope of his ideas and judiciously critical. Its very clarity and obvious relevance represent one of the best possible arguments. a splendid appraisal of Whitehead's difficult but vastly important metaphysics. Hosinski's superb study has overcome a long-standing pedagogical problem.
a masterful job of introducing complex new Whiteheadian language in a gentle, systematic way.The availability of this book now makes it possible to include Whitehead in a semester course for undergraduates. At last, however, we have in Hosinski's fine book an exceptional approachable introduction to process thought, and one especially apt for those who wish to examine its theological possibilities.
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