TY - JOUR
T1 - Not music, but musics
T2 - A case for conceptual pluralism in aesthetics
AU - Currie, Adrian
AU - Killin, Anton
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We argue for conceptual pluralism about music. In our view, there is no right answer to the question 'What is music?' divorced from some context or interest. Instead, there are several, non-equivalent music concepts suited to different interests - from within some tradition or practice, or by way of some research question or field of inquiry. We argue (1) that unitary definitions of music are problematic, (2) that the role music concepts play in various research questions should motivate conceptual pluralism about music, and (3) that taking music pluralism seriously grounds a fruitful research programme in aesthetics. We suspect that pluralism about music is a good test case for the utility of pluralism in aesthetics more generally, and we present it as such.
AB - We argue for conceptual pluralism about music. In our view, there is no right answer to the question 'What is music?' divorced from some context or interest. Instead, there are several, non-equivalent music concepts suited to different interests - from within some tradition or practice, or by way of some research question or field of inquiry. We argue (1) that unitary definitions of music are problematic, (2) that the role music concepts play in various research questions should motivate conceptual pluralism about music, and (3) that taking music pluralism seriously grounds a fruitful research programme in aesthetics. We suspect that pluralism about music is a good test case for the utility of pluralism in aesthetics more generally, and we present it as such.
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U2 - 10.33134/eeja.161
DO - 10.33134/eeja.161
M3 - Article
SN - 0014-1291
VL - 54
SP - 151
EP - 174
JO - Estetika : The Central European Journal of Aesthetics
JF - Estetika : The Central European Journal of Aesthetics
IS - 2
ER -