Date of Birth
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01-January-1924
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Place of Birth
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Ann Arbor
(Washtenaw County, United States of America, Michigan, Southeast Michigan, Area code 734)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Arthur Coleman Danto, Arthur C Danto, Prof. Arthur Danto, Arthur C. Danto, Arthur Danto, Arthur Coleman Danto, Prof. Arthur Danto, Arthur C. Danto, Arthur C. Danto
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Profession
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Philosopher, Art critic, Professor
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Arthur Coleman Danto 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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