
Language, Music, and Mind
Diana Raffman(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 2. March 1993
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-262-18150-1 (ISBN)
Description
The first cognitivist theory of the nature of ineffable, or verbally inexpressible, musical knowledge.Taking a novel approach to a longstanding problem in the philosophy of art, Diana Raffman provides the first cognitivist theory of the nature of ineffable, or verbally inexpressible, musical knowledge. In the process she also sheds light on central issues in the theory of mind.Raffman invokes recent theory in linguistics and cognitive psychology to provide an account of the content and etiology of musical knowledge that "can not be put into words." Within the framework of Lerdahl and Jackendoff's generative theory of music perception, she isolates three kinds of ineffability attending our conscious knowledge of music-access, feeling, and nuance ineffability-and shows how these arise.Raffman makes a detailed comparison of linguistic and musical understanding, culminating in an attack on the traditional idea that human emotions constitute the meaning or semantic content of music. She compares her account of musical ineffability to several traditional approaches to the problem, particularly those of Nelson Goodman and Stanley Cavell. In the concluding chapter, Raffman explores a significant obstacle that her theory poses to Daniel Dennett's propositional theory of consciousness.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
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Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-18150-1 (9780262181501)
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Language, Music, and Mind
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