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"We Must Learn to Love": Some Reflections on the Kinship of Philosophical Thinking and Classical Music from an Educational Perspective
- Philosophy of Music Education Review
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 28, Number 2, Fall 2020
- pp. 186-198
- 10.2979/philmusieducrevi.28.2.05
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Abstract:
With these reflections, I will address some selected features of philosophical thinking and elucidate how they may relate to classical music. Is there a relationship between the experience gained from philosophical thinking and the experience gained from listening to classical music? If there is a kinship between the two, it may show some of the importance of incorporating classical music in music education. This article is a philosophical essay that does not try to prove a kinship between philosophical thinking and classical music; it is rather the result of a free-thinking process grounded in my experience in both fields. Subjective involvement is a necessary presupposition for being able to say something about the postulated kinship between classical music and philosophical thinking. The essay ends with a suggestion on how to understand what kind of knowledge this potential kinship may represent.