In Other Shoes: Music, Metaphor, Empathy, Existence
- Author: Walton, Kendall L.
Those familiar with Walton's work will welcome this collection as an addition to their libraries on fiction, make-believe, and empathy, but overall, the collection covers a medley of interconnected... — More…
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Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Empathy, Imagination and Phenomenal Concepts
- Chapter 2 Fictionality and Imagination: Mind the Gap
- Chapter 3. Two Kinds of Physicality, in Electronic and Acoustic Music
- Postscripts to Two Kinds of Physicality, in Electronic and Acoustic Music
- Chapter 4. Thoughtwriting-in Poetry and Music
- Chapter 5. It's Only a Game : Sports as Fiction
- Chapter 6. Restricted Quantification, Negative Existentials, and Fiction
- Chapter 7. Existence as Metaphor?
- Postscript to Existence as Metaphor?
- Chapter 8. Projectivism, Empathy, and Musical Tension
- Chapter 9. Listening with Imagina tion: Is Music Representational?
- Chapter 10. Metaphor and Prop Oriented Make-Believe
- Chapter 11. Understanding Humor and Understanding Music
- Chapter 12 What Is Abstract About the Art of Music?
- Chapter 13. The Presentation and Portrayal of Sound Patterns
- Postscripts to The Presentation and Portrayal of Sound Patterns
- Chapter 14. Fearing Fictions
- Chapter 15. Spelunking, Simulation and Slime: On Being Moved by Fiction
- Acknowledgements
- Index