This thesis aims to show how the notion of embodiment serves to create a robust theory of musical expression. Part I describes 'The Problem' of the disembodied legacy left in the wake of Descartes, and shows that many existing theories of musical expression tend to become unstable and/or incoherent if read in light of a disembodied theory of mind. In Part n, 'The Materials', I gather together relevant and significant insights from Wittgenstein, Merleau-Ponty and introduce the recent neuroscientific research on mirror neurons that I plan to implement in Part III, 'The Solution'.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:493745 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Windsor, Carmen |
| Publisher | University of Reading |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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