Missing the Wrong Target: On Andrew Bowie’s Rejection of the Philosophy of Music

Andrew Bowie rejects the philosophy of music. He does so because it (allegedly) objectifies music and because it (allegedly) only ever affirms the practitioner’s prior philosophical assumptions. I argue that Bowie’s rejection is illegitimate on two counts. First, he mischaracterises the philosophy o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tomas McAuley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Performance Philosophy 2015-04-01
Series:Performance Philosophy
Online Access:https://www.performancephilosophy.org/journal/article/view/26