Questions tagged [music]
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Philosophers who were composers?
Who are some famous philosophers who also composed music?
I can think of one example: Boethius, one of the first music theorists / acousticians and author of Consolation of Philosophy; he composed:
Boethius: Songs of Consolation (YouTube…
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Why was music such a fascination for philosophers and mathematicians alike?
Why were ancient philosophers and mathematicians so intrigued by music? Why did philosophers like Plato, Arthur Schopenhaur, Neitsche and etc perceive it differently than other forms of art?
P. S it would be great if you could also give me some…
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Philosophical Positions on the Purpose and Qualities of Art
What are some philosophical stances on art and its purpose? I know this is a broad question, but any sources or thoughts would be great.
I am particularly interested in music.
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What did Aristotle think of the "music of the spheres"?
What did Arisottle think of the Pythagorean idea of "music of the spheres"?
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From the "inverted spectrum" to the "music transposed by 12" problem?
So here's an argument for category theory in neuroscience. He presents the inverted spectrum problem and yoneda lemma as its solution. I am abridging it:
We can order colours from long wavelength light to short wavelength
light. And the idea is…
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Did Peirce apply his triadic theory to music?
Did Peirce apply his triadic theory (that things are comprised of Firstness, Secondness, Thirdness) to music?
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What has philosophy to say about music?
Music exists in a variety of sorts (I forgot how this double expression is called). There is music to dance to, music to march to (maybe a kind of dance too...), music to relax, music to meditate, music to express feelings, music to express…
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Why are minor chords perceived as melancholic?
In occidental music there are minor and majors chords, differing only by half a tone of one note.
Usually major chords feel more vibrant and energetic, while minor chords sound more melancholic. Usually sad songs are composed around minor chords,…
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Were there philosophers who were against music?
There are sayings from Socrates and Confucius, showing they had great respect of music. But were there philosophers who had the opposite views toward music?
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What's the purpose of listening/share other people/own music?
For psychology and physics motivations, I'll never get the whole idea about a piece of music made by other peoples (it won't translate from his mind to my mind; even because what I'll listening, even if me and author in are the same room, is…
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Which poems and song lyrics do you find philosophically meaningful?
While there is a philosophical tradition that conspues poets as meaningless fools (Plato wanted them out of his republic), there's also the classic argument of poets that they approach universal truths via their art, that without poets, elements of…
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