Music and Aesthetic Reality: Formalism and the Limits of Description Contributor(s): Zangwill, Nick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138302198 ISBN-13: 9781138302198 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Appreciation - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
Dewey: 781.17 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy |
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.69 lbs) 212 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In this volume, Zangwill develops a view of the nature of music and our experience of music that foregrounds the aesthetic properties of music. He focuses on metaphysical issues about aesthetic properties of music, psychological issues about the nature of musical experience, and philosophy of language issues about the metaphorical nature of aesthetic descriptions of music. Among the innovations of this book, Zangwill addresses the limits of literal description, generally, and in the aesthetic case. He also explores the social and political issues about musical listening, which tend to be addressed more in continental traditions. |