Inaug.-diss.--Heidelberg. / Life.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 1936. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 89-95.

Proefschrift Maastricht, 1991. / Met lit. opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands.

Proefschrift Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Maastricht. / Met lit. opg., index en een samenvatting in het Nederlands.

In his opus magnum Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, the prominent (post)analytic Richard Rorty calls for such a philosophical inquiry, thath would rather fit under the term hermeneutics, than epistemology. Hermeneutics being the trademark term of an important movement of continental philosophy, this comes as a suprise. By examining Richard Rorty's criticism of epistemology and Hans- Georg Gadamer's concept of hermeneutics, this paper tries to find out, how much do they have in common. Source texts for this research are the topic-relatively relevant texts from the books Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature and Truth and Method. In conclusion, the main difference appears to lie in their answers to the hardly solveable question of importance of the very concept of truth. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

The text proposes to descirbe a few conceptual areas associated with the philosophy of technics and media through which it then interprets certain aspects of the role of technics in music. By doing so, it attempts to suggest a framework for understanding the computer and algorithmic musical thought. Reflections on the continuity of human technicity seek to unveil some facets of the digital computer – which can be seen for example as a dynamic cumulation of logical thought. At the same time, the text stresses the role of the composer as an organizer and living interpreter of the computational machine.

Diss.--Bonn. / Bibliography: p. 302-306.

Thesis--Zürich. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 143-147.

Proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam. / Met bibliogr., lit. opg.

Thesis--Zürich. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 143-147.