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2013 Abstracts Stage 2

The Phenomenology of Music and Human Nature

Daniel Phelps, 2013, Stage 2

This project aims to analyse the deep connection between humanity’s development, both evolutionary and cultural to the production and fascination of music.

Key Concepts and Ideas:
Naturalism – Every mechanism is a result of the laws of nature
Semiotics – The study of signs, representation and meaning.
Reductionism – All sciences and phenomenon can be reduced to a single set of principles; a unifying theory of everything.

Key Philosophers and Researchers:
Darwin, C..
Pierce, C.
Bowman, D.
Cochran, G.
DeNora, T.
Kania, A.
Mithen, S.
Pierre, J.
Rahn, J.
Spano, R.

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