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From: gtaylor@cornell.UUCP (Greg Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Art subsumed in philosophy??
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Date: Thu, 31-May-84 09:36:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 31 09:36:05 1984
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The redoubtable Mr. Anderson has done an excellent
job of throwing some light on the fine points of
Tom Twiss' comments on aeesthetics. However, his
point still holds, and is, I think, strengthened
somewhat if one takes the criticisms into account.

All Tom is trying to suggest is that there are a
selection of judgements (ad hoc, well thought
out beforehand, or implicit) that underpin one's
experiences---even if one claims that there aren't.
That in itself constitutes a claim about experiences.

While I understand his comment about not having a
degree in philosophy ( I don't either, but as a
musician, listener, et. al. I have to talk about
those experiences in a clear manner ) being no
impediment to hearing music, it comes across as
with the faintest whiff of "These 'heavy thinker'
types get me down...I don't think, I listen."
I do hope that's not so, as he's obviously the
very sort of clear thinker that I'd like to see
engaged in a discussion on music with.

gtaylor