Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Abstract And Concrete, In C

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 1020
• Professor: Dennis Klimchuk

Document Summary

Music ontology: ontology; the concept of being. What is causation: epistemology; questions of knowledge and truth, nature of causes and knowledge. To start: it doesn"t seem to be a material thing, but material things are usually involved: a score, instruments, musicians, the physical processes that produce the experience of sound, etc. If music is essentially tied to a score, the score cannot be the only example of justifying a piece of music, because many pieces of music are not written in a score. Music that is not reducible to any particular scale. There seems to be very little that counts towards a score: musique concrete and sampling. Movement that started in france to make music from electronic recorded sounds. By manipulating the recording, you create a new piece of music. Goodman"s argument: first; a distinction between music and eg painting.