Irving Singer

Irving Singer
Born (1925-12-24)December 24, 1925
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died February 1, 2015(2015-02-01) (aged 89)
Nationality United States
Notable work (see published works below)
Awards (see awards below)
Website www.mit.edu/~philos/singer.html
Era Contemporary philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Humanist
Institutions Harvard, MIT
Main interests
 Aesthetics, philosophy of love, philosophy of film

Irving Singer (December 24, 1925 – February 1, 2015) was an American professor of philosophy who was on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 55 years and wrote over 20 books.[1] He was the author of books on various topics, including cinema, love, sexuality, and the philosophy of George Santayana. He also wrote on the subject of film, including writings about the work of film directors Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock,[1] Jean Renoir, and Orson Welles. Singer began publishing philosophy in 1951.

Biography

Singer was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on December 24, 1925;[2] his parents were Isadore and Nettie Stromer Singer, immigrants from Austria-Hungary, who owned a grocery store in Coney Island.[2][3]

Singer skipped three grades in school, graduating from Manhattan's Townsend Harris High School at age 15.[2][3]

He entered the U.S. Army, serving in World War II, writing History of the 210th Field Artillery Group, which was published by the Army in 1945.[2][3]

After studying for a short time at Brooklyn College before the war and attending Biarritz American University in Paris just after the war, Singer went to Harvard University on the G.I. Bill,[2][3] joined Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. in 1948.[3] He did his graduate studies at Oxford University and Harvard, receiving his PhD in philosophy from Harvard in 1952.[3]

Singer taught briefly at Harvard, Cornell University, the University of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins University. He joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958, first as a lecturer, but then promoted to associate professor in 1959, and full professor at 1967.[1] He died in 2015.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Irving Singer, MIT philosopher and author, retires after 55 years" (Press release). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Roberts, Sam (February 15, 2015). "Irving Singer, M.I.T. Professor Who Wrote 'The Nature of Love,' Dies at 89". NYTimes.com. New York City: The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Irving Singer, professor emeritus of philosophy, dies at 89". MIT News. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. February 8, 2015. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Singer, Irving (August 1, 2008). "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-02-17.
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