Open AccessA Sacred Bridge or an Unsteady Pontoon? – Some Communication Problems Between Philosophers and Musicians
Author(s) -
Bojan Bujić
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
muzikološki zbornik/muzikološki zbornik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2350-4242
pISSN - 0580-373X
DOI - 10.4312/mz.43.1.11-19
Subject(s) - character (mathematics) , bridge (graph theory) , meaning (existential) , value (mathematics) , philosophy , a priori and a posteriori , epistemology , aesthetics , literature , linguistics , art , computer science , mathematics , medicine , geometry , machine learning
Philosophical discussion of music based on the principle that music is a form of language, encounters difficulties. Some aspects of music do tend towards language-like structures, while others pull away from them. If only the language model is upheld, then philosophical theories assume a prescriptive character, aiming to establish in an a priori manner which music has meaning (hence value) and which not. This problem is particularly acute in the Anglo-American tradition of anaytical philosophy.