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Works of Music - An Essay in Ontology (Hardcover)
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Works of Music - An Essay in Ontology (Hardcover)
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In this original and iconoclastic book, Julian Dodd argues for what
he terms the simple view of the ontological nature of works of
pure, instrumental music. This account is the conjunction of two
theses: the type/token theory and sonicism. The type/token theory
addresses the question of which ontological category musical works
fall under, and its answer is that such works are types whose
tokens are sound-sequence-events. Sonicism, meanwhile, addresses
the question of how works of music are individuated, and it tells
us that works of music are identical just in case they sound
exactly alike. Both conjuncts of the simple view are highly
controversial, and Dodd defends them vigorously and with ingenuity.
Even though the simple view is favoured by very few writers in the
philosophy of music, Dodd maintains that it is the default position
given our ordinary intuitions about musical works, that it can
answer the sorts of objections that have led other philosophers to
dismiss it, and that it is, on reflection, the most promising
ontology of music on offer. Specifically, Dodd argues that the
type/token theory offers the best explanation of the repeatability
of works of music: the fact that such works admit of multiple
occurrence. Furthermore, he goes on to claim that the theory's most
striking consequence - namely, that musical works are eternal
existents and, hence, that composers discover rather than create
their works - is minimally disruptive of our intuitions concerning
the nature of composition and our appreciation of works of music.
When it comes to sonicism, Dodd argues both that this way of
individuating works of music is prima facie correct, and that the
putative counter-examples it faces - most notably, those propounded
by Jerrold Levinson - can be harmlessly explained away. In the
ontology of music, simplicity rules.
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