--- title: "3 Richard Shusterman Quotes - Famous Philosopher (Aesthetic experience)" description: "Richard Shusterman is an American pragmatist philosopher. Browse 3 Richard Shusterman quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-richard-shusterman-87989.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Richard Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-richard-shusterman-87989.jpg) # Richard Shusterman (1949) Philosopher United States **3** quotes in **66** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Richard Shusterman is a philosopher from the United States, best known for *Aesthetic experience*. ## Quick Facts About Richard Shusterman Born December 3, 1949 Nationality United States Profession Philosopher Notable works Aesthetic experience ## About Richard Shusterman Richard Shusterman is an American pragmatist philosopher. Known for his contributions to philosophical aesthetics and the emerging field of somaesthetics, currently he is the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. He directs the FAU Center for Body, Mind, and Culture. ## Quotes by Richard Shusterman > [Improved perception of our somatic feelings not only gives us greater knowledge of ourselves but also enables greater somatic skill, facility, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-shusterman/improved-perception-of-our-somatic-feelings-not-only-gives-us-greater/) [Richard Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-shusterman/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/richard-shusterman-87989_action_improved-perception-of-our-somatic-feeli_1813799.jpg) > [The three branches of somaesthetics: the analytic study of the body's role in perception, experience, and action and thus in our mental,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-shusterman/the-three-branches-of-somaesthetics-the-analytic-study-of-the-body-s/) [Richard Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-shusterman/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/richard-shusterman-87989_action_the-three-branches-of-somaesthetics-the_2771742.jpg) > [Somaaesthetics can be provisionally defined a the critical meliorative study of one's experience and use of one's body as a locus of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-shusterman/somaaesthetics-can-be-provisionally-defined-a-the-critical/) [Richard Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-shusterman/) [Aesthetic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aesthetic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/richard-shusterman-87989_aesthetic_somaaesthetics-can-be-provisionally-defi_3042729.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-shusterman/#itemlist", "name": "Richard Shusterman Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Improved perception of our somatic feelings not only gives us greater knowledge of ourselves but also enables greater somatic skill, facility, and range of movement that can afford our sensory organs greater scope in giving us knowledge of the world. 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