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OverviewBoth musicians and laypersons can perceive purely instrumental music without words or an associated story or program as expressing emotions such as happiness and sadness. But how? In this book, Saam Trivedi discusses and critiques the leading philosophical approaches to this question, including formalism, metaphorism, expression theories, arousalism, resemblance theories, and persona theories. Finding these to be inadequate, he advocates an ""imaginationist"" solution, by which absolute music is not really or literally sad but is only imagined to be so in a variety of ways. In particular, he argues that we as listeners animate the music ourselves, imaginatively projecting life and mental states onto it. Bolstering his argument with empirical data from studies in neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive science, Trivedi also addresses and explores larger philosophical questions such as the nature of emotions, metaphors, and imagination. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Saam TrivediPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438467160ISBN 10: 1438467168 Pages: 205 Publication Date: 02 July 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction I. Emotions, Moods, and Feelings 1. Introduction 2. What are Emotions? 3. Emotions, Beliefs, and Moods 4. Other Views: Martha Nussbaum’s Neo-Stoic Cognitivism 5. Paul Griffiths’s Theory 6. Jesse Prinz’s Somatic View 7. A Concluding Concession II. Expression Theories and Arousalism 1. Introduction 2. Bruce Vermazen’s Expression Theory 3. Jerrold Levinson’s Persona Theory 4. Jenefer Robinson’s Theory 5. Contra Simple Arousalism 6. Aaron Ridley’s Moderate Arousalism 7. Derek Matravers’s Moderate Arousalism 8. Charles Nussbaum’s View 9. Conclusion III. Metaphors and Metaphorism 1. Introduction 2. Against Metaphorism (Part 1) 3. Metaphorical Meaning and Paraphraseability 4. Against Metaphorism (Part 2) 5. Metaphors, Resemblance, and Imagination 6. Against Metaphorism (Part 3) 7. Conclusion IV. Resemblance-Based Theories 1. Introduction 2. Resemblance-Based Views 3. Criticisms 4. Objections and Replies 5. Conclusion V. Imagination 1. Introduction: Different Kinds of Imaginings 2. Imaginative Perceptions and Perceptual Imaginings 3. Children’s Imaginings 4. Gregory Currie’s View 5. Imagination, Music Perception, and Musical Culture 6. Conclusion VI. Imaginationism 1. Introduction 2. Against Formalism about Music 3. How We Imagine in Relation to Music 4. Why We Imagine in Relation to Music 5. Musical Arousal 6. Objections and Replies 7. Conclusion Summary and Conclusion Notes References IndexReviews...a well-written book on a subject that is more complex than one might think. - CHOICE """…Trivedi's book remains a thought-provoking and up-to-date reading for anyone interested in the problem of musical expressiveness."" — British Journal of Aesthetics ""…a well-written book on a subject that is more complex than one might think."" — CHOICE" ""…Trivedi's book remains a thought-provoking and up-to-date reading for anyone interested in the problem of musical expressiveness."" — British Journal of Aesthetics ""…a well-written book on a subject that is more complex than one might think."" — CHOICE Author InformationSaam Trivedi is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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