Cynthia Freeland, Date of Birth

Cynthia Freeland

American philosopher of art

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1951

Profession: philosopher

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Cynthia A.
Freeland is an American philosopher of art.
She has published three monographs, over two dozen of articles and edited several books.
She is Emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Houston.
She was the president of the American Society of Aesthetics until 2017.
She has been awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2003 for a research project on Fakes and Forgeries.
Her book But is it Art? (2001) has been translated into fourteen languages and was republished as part of the Oxford Very Short Introductions series.
She talked about her book Portraits&Persons with Nigel Warburton on the Philosophy Bites podcast.
She was interviewed by Hans Maes for the book Conversations on Art and Aesthetics (2017) which includes a photograph of her by American photographer Steve Pyke.