Trivedi Imagination, Music, and the Emotions

A Philosophical Study
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6718-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 205 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Articulates an imaginationist solution to the question of how purely instrumental music can be perceived by a listener as having emotional content.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trivedi, Saam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

I. Emotions, Moods, and Feelings

1. Introduction
2. What are Emotions?
3. Emotions, Beliefs, and Moods
4. Other Views: Martha Nussbaum’s Neo-Stoic Cognitivism
5. Paul Griffiths’s Theory
6. Jesse Prinz’s Somatic View
7. A Concluding Concession

II. Expression Theories and Arousalism

1. Introduction
2. Bruce Vermazen’s Expression Theory
3. Jerrold Levinson’s Persona Theory
4. Jenefer Robinson’s Theory
5. Contra Simple Arousalism
6. Aaron Ridley’s Moderate Arousalism
7. Derek Matravers’s Moderate Arousalism
8. Charles Nussbaum’s View
9. Conclusion

III. Metaphors and Metaphorism

1. Introduction
2. Against Metaphorism (Part 1)
3. Metaphorical Meaning and Paraphraseability
4. Against Metaphorism (Part 2)
5. Metaphors, Resemblance, and Imagination
6. Against Metaphorism (Part 3)
7. Conclusion

IV. Resemblance-Based Theories

1. Introduction
2. Resemblance-Based Views
3. Criticisms
4. Objections and Replies
5. Conclusion

V. Imagination

1. Introduction: Different Kinds of Imaginings
2. Imaginative Perceptions and Perceptual Imaginings
3. Children’s Imaginings
4. Gregory Currie’s View
5. Imagination, Music Perception, and Musical Culture
6. Conclusion

VI. Imaginationism

1. Introduction
2. Against Formalism about Music
3. How We Imagine in Relation to Music
4. Why We Imagine in Relation to Music
5. Musical Arousal
6. Objections and Replies
7. Conclusion

Summary and Conclusion
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Saam Trivedi is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.