Why Foot-Tapping Is Important but Not Enough? Some Methodological Problems in the Embodied Approach to Musical Meaning

Avant: Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies 8 (1):101-106 (2017)
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Abstract

In this short paper I critically analyze Marc Leman’s embodied approach to musical meaning and representation, suggesting that its explanatory value is not sufficient in order to be a good alternative for theories encompassing the concept of representation.

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Tomasz Szubart
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