Music, Science, Philosophy: Models in the Universe of Thought
- Author: Kassler, Jamie Croy
[the] writing is clear and no more technical than it need be... stimulating —
Book
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Contents
- Contents: Preface
- Apollo or Dionysus? Music and the growth of knowledge
- A conjunction of concepts: music and the emergence of probability
- Making inferences: music and the mechanisation of logic
- The ovum as initial datum: Harvey, starting points and creativity
- On the stretch: Hobbes, mechanics and the shaking palsy
- Blowing the organ: Willis, hydro-pneumatics and hierarchy
- The science of music to 1830
- Music as matter in motion
- Music as unfolding life
- The problem of 'musical ear'
- Index.