“Immunology of music”? A short introduction to cognitive science of musical improvisation.
“Immunology of music”? A short introduction to cognitive science of musical improvisation.
Author(s): Witold WachowskiSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych
Keywords: cognitive science; creativity; interdisciplinarity; musical improvisation; reductionism
Summary/Abstract: Studies on music in the area of cognitive sciences – quite varied despite their short history – meet with scepticism. The author of this introduction, presenting some spectacular examples of research on musical improvisation, tries to demonstrate that they enrich rather than reduce our understanding of this phenomenon.
Journal: AVANT. Pismo Awangardy Filozoficzno-Naukowej
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 182-186
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English