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Wittgenstein as philosophical tone-poet : philosophy and music in dialogue /

This book provides the first in-depth exploration of the importance of music for Ludwig Wittgenstein's life and work. Wittgenstein's remarks on music are essential for understanding his philosophy: they are on the nature of musical understanding, the relation of music to language, the conc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Szabados, Béla, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2014.
Colección:Studien zur österreichischen Philosophie ; Bd. 45.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Musicians; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter I.A Life in Music; 1. An Appetite for Music; 2. Music''s Place: Biography or Philosophy?; 3. Young Wittgenstein Listens to Music; 4. Later Listening; Chapter II. Early Views: Wittgenstein''s Vienna Revisited; 1. Eduard Hanslick and a Tradition in Music; 2. Was the Early Wittgenstein a Musical Formalist?Affinities to Hanslick; 3. Whistling the Inexpressible: Wittgenstein, Hanslickand Schopenhauer; Chapter III. Wittgenstein in Transit: A Critique of the Tradition.
  • 1. Is Beauty All It''s Cracked Up to Be?2. Do Works of Art Have an Essence?; 3. ""As If from a Great Distance"": Uncovering anAesthetic Attitude?; 4. Appreciating Music Naturally; Chapter IV. Later Views: A New Era; 1. Was the Later Wittgenstein a Musical Formalist?A Shift in Perspective; 2. Wittgenstein and Hanslick: A Kinship with Expressive Difference; 3. Irony in Music and Language: Face, Gesture, Tone; Chapter V. Wittgenstein and the Composers; 1. Not Only Science But Art Also Teaches; 2. Wittgenstein''s Reception of Wagner.
  • 3. Wagner As Hearing Aid? Wittgenstein''s Remarks on Mendelssohn and Mahler4. A Different Reading: Wittgenstein''s Self-Understanding As Music Critic; 5. Why Was Wagner Absent from the Silents?; Chapter VI. Breakdown of Tradition; 1. Composing Music and Doing Philosophy ina Time of Decline; 2. The Brothers Wittgenstein and the MusicalJourney of the West; 3. Musical Experiments: Wittgenstein, Cageand Family Resemblance; 4. Deterioration or Sea Change in the Cultureof the West?; Chapter VII. Philosophy, Music and Therapy; Bibliography; Index.