About Larry Shiner
Born 1934. Larry Shiner is an American philosopher and university teacher.
Larry E. Shiner is an American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Springfield. Shiner is known for his works on philosophy of art.
Books Art Scents: Exploring the Aesthetics of Smell (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020) The Invention of Art: A Cultural History (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001) The Secret Mirror: Literary Form and History in Tocqueville’s Recollections (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988) The Secularization of History: Introduction to the Theology of Friedrich Gogarten (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1967)
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American philosopher
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