Can a Musical Work Be Created
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4160974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben Caplan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 113-134 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Aesthetics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0904 • E-ISSN: 1468-2842 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjaesthetics/44.2.113 |
| OpenAlex | W2055007750 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
Can a musical work be created? Some say ‘no’. But, we argue, there is no handbook of universally accepted metaphysical truths that they can use to justify their answer. Others say ‘yes’. They have to find abstract objects that can plausibly be identified with musical works, show that abstract objects of this sort can be created, and show that such abstract objects can persist. But, we argue, none of the standard views about what a musical work is allows musical works both to be created and to persist
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Information retrieval · Metaphysics · Musical · Musical composition · New Interfaces for Musical Expression · sort · Visual arts · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Philosophy
Intuitions in the Ontology of Musical Works
Proportionality, Abstract Causation, and the Exclusion Problem
Musical Works as Structural Universals
Concrete creationism about fictional things
What Makes a Version of a Work a Version of That Work
Paraphrasability and the Causal Status of Types
Identity of the work of art
The problem of creation and abstract artifacts
The Ontology of Musical Works and the Role of Intuitions
Creating abstract objects
Musical Works
| Citations per year | 0.61 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |