The Congruence of Philosophy and Music - Richter, Goetz
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Music and philosophy have been closely associatedthroughout the history of philosophy. Classicalthinkers originally identify their sharedmythological origins and the phenomena thatidentify philosophy as "the greatest kind of music".More recently philosophers alert us to thetranscending nature of music. This book discussesthe congruence of philosophy and music initially bylooking at the contemporary philosophy of music, theconcept of the musical work and the phenomenon oftemporality and time consciousness. A turn towardsPlato's and Aristotle'sphilosophy of music suggests how music andphilosophy…mehr

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Music and philosophy have been closely associatedthroughout the history of philosophy. Classicalthinkers originally identify their sharedmythological origins and the phenomena thatidentify philosophy as "the greatest kind of music".More recently philosophers alert us to thetranscending nature of music. This book discussesthe congruence of philosophy and music initially bylooking at the contemporary philosophy of music, theconcept of the musical work and the phenomenon oftemporality and time consciousness. A turn towardsPlato's and Aristotle'sphilosophy of music suggests how music andphilosophy provide us with congruent challenges andinsights. Such congruence becomes particularly clearwhen weconsider philosophy in relation to life and thepractice of philosophy as a way of life. This bookincludes discussions of thecontemporary philosophy of music, of temporality, ofclassicalphilosophy and of philosophy as a way of life. It isof particular relevance to philosophers interestedin the philosophy and phenomenology of music or thenature of philosophy and tomusicians seeking clarity on the philosophicalfoundations of their artistic practice.
Autorenporträt
Richter Goetz§Associate Professor at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Universityof Sydney, professional violinist and Associate Concertmaster ofthe Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1987-2002, studies in philosophy atSydney University (1990-2007, B.A. (Hons), PhD), publishes onmusic, Plato, Nietzsche, translator of E. Fink, "Nietzsche's philosophy" (Continuum, 2003)