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Noël Carroll

Noël Carroll is a distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is known as one of the most important contemporary figures in Philosophy of Art.

Noël Carroll is a distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is known as one of the most important contemporary figures in Philosophy of Art. Noël is one of the few individuals in the world who has PhDs in both Cinema Studies and Philosophy.

In 2002, Noël received a Guggenheim Fellowship for his research into dance and was named as ‘the sixth most influential philosopher of art since 1945’ by the Philosophical Gourmet Report.

Noël Carroll is a distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is known as one of the most important contemporary figures in Philosophy of Art. Noël is one of the few individuals in the world who has PhDs in both Cinema Studies and Philosophy.

In 2002, Noël received a Guggenheim Fellowship for his research into dance and was named as ‘the sixth most influential philosopher of art since 1945’ by the Philosophical Gourmet Report.

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