Noël Carroll

|nationality=American |education=Hofstra University (BA)
University of Pittsburgh (MA)
New York University (MA, PhD)
University of Illinois Chicago (MA, PhD) |occupation= }} Noël Carroll (born 1947) is an American philosopher considered to be one of the leading figures in contemporary philosophy of art. Although Carroll is best known for his work in the philosophy of film (he is a proponent of cognitive film theory), he has also published journalism, works on philosophy of art generally, theory of media, and also philosophy of history. As of 2012, he is a distinguished professor of philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. Provided by Wikipedia