Music, Science, Philosophy: Models in the Universe of Thought

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.