Music and Conceptualization: (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
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Mark DeBellis (Author)
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This book is a philosophical study of the relations between hearing and thinking about music. The central problem it addresses is as follows: how is it possible to talk about what a listener perceives in terms that the listener does not recognize? By applying the concepts and techniques of analytic philosophy the author explores the ways in which musical hearing may be described as nonconceptual, and how such mental representation contrasts with conceptual thought. The author is both philosopher and musicologist and uniquely combines the perspectives of both disciplines. Exploring the philosophical questions of mental representation in the relatively neglected, nonverbal domain of music, this study is a major contribution to the philosophical understanding of music perception and cognitive theory. 25 Line drawings, unspecified
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- Contributor: Mark DeBellis
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9780521403313
- Number of Pages: 176
- Packaged Dimensions: 160x235x17mm
- Packaged Weight: 405
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 1995-10-27
- Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
- Binding: Hardback
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