University of California, San Diego
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 2005
Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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    The sound of music
    In Matthew Nudds & Casey O'Callaghan (eds.), Sounds and Perception: New Philosophical Essays, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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    Against the belief model of delusion
    In Man Cheung Chung, Bill Fulford & George Graham (eds.), Reconceiving Schizophrenia, Oxford University Press. 2006.
  • SHARPE, RA-Music and Humanism
    Philosophical Books 44 (2): 189-192. 2003.
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    According to the acousmatic thesis defended by Roger Scruton and others, to hear sounds as music is to divorce them from the source or cause of their production. Non-acousmatic experience involves attending to the worldly cause of the sound; in acousmatic experience, sound is detached from that cause. The acousmatic concept originates with Pythagoras, and was developed in the work of 20th century musique concrète composers such as Pierre Schaeffer. The concept yields important insights into the …Read more
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    Adorno and the autonomy of art
    In Stefano Giacchetti Ludovisi & G. Agostini Saavedra (eds.), Nostalgia for a Redeemed Future: Critical Theory, University of Delaware. 2009.
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    Philosophy of biology
    with Jay Odenbaugh, Matt Haber, and and Samir Okasha
    Philosophy of the Special Sciences, edited by Fritz Allhof, Blackwell Press.
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    Letters to the Editor
    Isis 100 (1): 117-118. 2009.
  • Adorno
    In Theodore Gracyk & Andrew Kania (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music, Routledge. 2011.
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    The Aesthetics of Design
    In Fritz Allhoff, Jessica Wolfendale & Jeanette Kennett (eds.), Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking with Style, Wiley. pp. 51--69. 2011.
  • Artistic truth
    In Anthony O'Hear (ed.), Philosophy and the Arts, Cambridge University Press. 2013.
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    The aesthetics of imperfection in music and the arts: spontaneity, flaws and the unfinished (edited book)
    with Lara Pearson
    Bloomsbury Academic. 2020.
    The aesthetics of imperfection emphasises spontaneity, disruption, process and energy over formal perfection and is often ignored by many commentators or seen only in improvisation. This comprehensive collection is the first time imperfection has been explored across all kinds of musical performance, whether improvisation or interpretation of compositions. Covering music, visual art, dance, comedy, architecture and design, it addresses the meaning, experience, and value of improvisation and spon…Read more
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    Ludwig Wittgenstein is arguably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century. In _On Certainty_ he discusses central issues in epistemology, including the nature of knowledge and scepticism. _The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty_ introduces and assesses: Wittgenstein's career and the background to his later philosophy the central ideas and text of _On Certainty_, including its responses to G.E. Moore and discussion of fundamental issues in the theory of …Read more
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    Ludwig Wittgenstein is arguably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century. In On Certainty he discusses central issues in epistemology, including the nature of knowledge and scepticism. The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty introduces and assesses: Wittgenstein's career and the background to his later philosophy the central ideas and text of On Certainty , including its responses to G.E. Moore and discussion of fundamental issues in the theory of knowl…Read more
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    The Philosophy of Rhythm: Aesthetics, Music, Poetics (edited book)
    with Peter Cheyne and Max Paddison
    Oxford University Press, USA. 2019.
    Rhythm is the fundamental pulse that animates poetry, music, and dance across all cultures. And yet the recent explosion of scholarly interest across disciplines in the aural dimensions of aesthetic experience--particularly in sociology, cultural and media theory, and literary studies--has yet to explore this fundamental category. This book furthers the discussion of rhythm beyond the discrete conceptual domains and technical vocabularies of musicology and prosody. With original essays by philos…Read more
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    The Aesthetics of Design
    In Fritz Allhoff, Jessica Wolfendale & Jeanette Kennett (eds.), Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking with Style, Wiley. 2011.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Design as Problem‐Solving or Design as Fashion? The Rise of Design As a Profession: Is Design a Response to Consumerism? Consumerism, Self‐expression, and The “Invention” of Design Consumerism Is Not Essential to Design Were Neolithic Flint Tools Designed? Can We Avoid Designing? – The Idea of “Useless Work” The Function and Value of Fashion.
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    Philosophy of Biology
    In Fritz Allhoff (ed.), Philosophies of the Sciences, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010-01-04.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction What Are the Biological Sciences (Not)? Systematics Ecology and Evolution Levels of Selection Conclusion References.
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    The Aesthetics of Western Art Music (review)
    with Roger Scruton
    Philosophical Books 40 (3): 145-159. 1999.
    Book reviewed in this article:Roger Scruton, The Aesthetics of Music.
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    Proprioception as Basic Knowledge of the Body
    In René Woudenberg, Sabine Roeser & Ron Rood (eds.), Basic Belief and Basic Knowledge: Papers in Epistemology, De Gruyter. pp. 269-292. 2005.
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    Aesthetics
    Philosophical Books 44 (2): 187-192. 2003.
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    The cambridge history of nineteenth-century music
    British Journal of Aesthetics 43 (1): 86-89. 2003.
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    The Cambridge History of Nineteenth‐century Music (review)
    British Journal of Aesthetics 43 (1): 86-89. 2003.
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    The Aesthetics of Imperfection Reconceived: Improvisations, Compositions, and Mistakes
    Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 78 (3): 289-302. 2020.
    ABSTRACT Ted Gioia associated the “aesthetics of imperfection” with improvised music. In an earlier article, I extended it to all musical performance. This article reconceives my discussion, offering more precise analyses: The aesthetics of imperfection is now argued to involve open, spontaneous response to contingencies of performance or production, reacting positively to idiosyncratic instruments; apparent failings in performance, and so on. Perfectionists, in contrast, prefer a planning model…Read more