Irving Singer

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Irving Singer
Era Contemporary philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Main interests Aesthetics, philosophy of love, philosophy of film
Website www.mit.edu/~philos/singer.html

Irving Singer is a professor of philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of books on various topics, including cinema, love, sexuality, and the philosophy of George Santayana. He written about the work of film directors Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir, and Orson Welles. Singer has been publishing on philosophy since 1951.

Published works [edit]

  • Modes of Creativity: Philosophical Perspectives (2011)
  • Philosophy of Love: A Partial Summing-Up (2009)
  • Cinematic Mythmaking: Philosophy in Film (2008)
  • Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher: Reflections on his Creativity (2007)
  • Three Philosophical Filmmakers: Hitchcock, Welles, Renoir (2004)
  • Explorations in Love and Sex (2001)
  • Sex: A Philosophical Primer (2001, expanded edition: 2004)
  • Feeling and Imagination: The Vibrant Flux of Our Existence (2001)
  • George Santayana, Literary Philosopher (2000)
  • Reality Transformed: Film as Meaning and Technique (1998)
  • Meaning in Life Volume 3: The Harmony of Nature and Spirit (1996)
  • Meaning in Life Volume 2: The Pursuit of Love (1994)
  • Meaning in Life Volume 1: The Creation of Value (1996)
  • The Nature and Pursuit of Love: The Philosophy of Irving Singer (1995)
  • Meaning in Life: The Creation of Value (1992)
  • The Nature of Love Volume 3: The Modern World (1987)
  • The Nature of Love Volume 2: Courtly and Romantic (1984)
  • The Nature of Love Volume 1: Plato to Luther (1984)
  • Mozart and Beethoven: The Concept of Love in Their Operas (1977)
  • The Goals of Human Sexuality (1973)
  • Santayana's Aesthetics: A Critical Analysis (1957)

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