Biography
Kathrin Stengel studied philosophy at the
Universities of Leuven (Belgium), Munich and Konstanz (Germany). She
has taught philosophy at Seattle University and the Rhode Island School
of Design, and has published widely on ethics, aesthetics and
epistemology, including Das Subjekt als Grenze
(The Subject as Threshold) - a comparative study on Ludwig
Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language and Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s
philosophy of perception. Her book November Rose: A Speech on Death
- a philosophical meditation on loss, grief, and survival - has won the
2008 Independent Publisher Book Award.
A frequent guest on radio
programs throughout the US and Europe, Kathrin Stengel has designed and
organized international philosophical events, including ‘What is Space? A
Philosophical Inquiry into Space and the Imagination,’ ‘About Style: A
Philosophical Meditation on the Question of Style,’ and ‘On Imagination: A
Philosophical Studio’ (all three at the Rhode Island School of Design),
as well as ‘Thinking and Experiencing Space’ (Germany), ‘Philosophical
Walks with Nietzsche’ (Switzerland), ‘Pain and Beauty in Philosophy and
the Arts’ (Seattle University), and ‘Image and Music: Improvisations on
the 14 Stations’ for the Interfaith Assembly for Homelessness and
Housing in New York City, video documentation of which was on display at
the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2005. In addition to teaching at RISD, she is co-founder and president of Upper West Side
Philosophers, Inc. Studio & Publishing and for many years has also
taught Vipassana Meditation. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and three sons.
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WHAT IS SPACE? A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO SPACE AND IMAGINATION