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| Music: Music is a form of art that organizes sound in time and space. The physical parameters amplitude and frequency control the sensual qualities pitch and volume. Tone colors are formed by superpositions of partials, chords by superposition of different pitches. Durations are another parameter. Experiential dimensions correspond to the physical parameters.
See also Art, Artworks, Aesthetics, Aesthetic experience._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Susan K. Langer on Music - Dictionary of Arguments
Nozick II 428 Music/Susanne K. Langer/Nozick: Langer Thesis: Music refers to emotion, and does so by virtue of its isomorphism with emotions. >Emotion. VsLanger: isomorphism is a symmetric relation, reference is an asymmetrical one. >Isomorphism, >Reference, >Symmetry, >Asymmetry_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Langer I S. K. Langer Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite, and Art 3rd Edition Cambridge 1996 No I R. Nozick Philosophical Explanations Oxford 1981 No II R., Nozick The Nature of Rationality 1994 |
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