Language, Music, and Mind

by Diana Raffman

Book Overview

The first cognitivist theory of the nature of ineffable, or verbally inexpressible, musical knowledge.

Taking a novel approach to a longstanding problem in the philosophy of art, Diana Raffman provides the first cognitivist theory of the nature of ineffable, or verbally inexpressible, musical knowledge. In the process she also sheds light on central issues in the theory of mind.

Raffman invokes recent theory in linguistics and cognitive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262519356
• ISBN13: 9780262519359
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher