Paskalina Bourbon, “Beyond Musical Metaphysics: A Philosophical Account of Listening to Music,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 74, no. 4 (2018): 1377–98, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2018_74_4_1377.
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Paskalina Bourbon |
| Rights | © 2018 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural | © 2018 Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1377-1398 |
| Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| ISSN | 0870-5283 |
| Date | 2018 |
| DOI | 10.17990/RPF/2018_74_4_1377 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | Music’s original philosophical problem is ontological: what is it? In this paper, I argue that music has a better philosophical beginning; philosophical accounts of music should begin as philosophical accounts of listening to music. What distinguishes listening to music from hearing sound? My aim is to give a philosophical account of music by means of a description of a particular kind of interactive relationship we sometimes have to sound. Music, I shall argue, is not distinguished from sound because it has a special metaphysical status or because of the psychological reactions it produces in us; musical sound is distinctive because we listen to it in a certain way. I explore some of the ontological implications of my account, both for music broadly speaking and for the ontology of musical works. |
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| Modified | 24/01/2019, 11:18:17 |
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