Toward a theory of musical cognition∗
- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Interface
- Vol. 4 (2) , 147-208
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09298217508570210
Abstract
The concept of musical science as a behavioral science is developed. Such a science is a (comprehensive) theory of music whose task it is to elaborate explicit connections between the systemic properties of sonic designs (as researched by a theory of sonic artifacts) and the properties of the perceptual and intellectual processes underlying the generation and recognition of such artifacts (as researched by a theory of musical cognition). Ideas concerning the theory of music are developed as the meta‐theoretical base of a theory musical cognition. They concern a scientific epistemology of music. In the main body of the essay, the domain and the methods of a theory of musical cognition are discussed. As an example of the actual implementation of such a theory, the system called OBSERVER is discussed and its resources for musical protocol analysis and for musical sufficiency analysis are documented.Keywords
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