Arthur Danto Philosopher

Arthur Coleman Danto (January 1, 1924 – October 25, 2013) was an American art critic and philosopher. He is best known for having been influential, 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 Arthur Schopenhauer.

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Birth date	January 01, 1924
Birth place	Ann Arbor Michigan , Michigan
Date of death	October 25, 2013
Place of death	New York City
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Aesthetics Action theory (philosophy) Philosophy of history

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influenced	George Dickie (philosopher) Noël Carroll
influenced by	Andy Warhol Arthur Schopenhauer Friedrich Nietzsche Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Jean-Paul Sartre Maurice Merleau-Ponty
notable idea	Indiscernibles
philosophical school	Analytic philosophy
region	Western philosophy