RT Journal Article
T1 Contextualizing Platonism and decontextualizing Aristotelianism in the ontology of music
A1 García Carril Puy, Nemesio
AB This paper argues against a widespread view that links musical Platonism and Aristotelianism with opposite ways of individuating musical works. This view assumes that Platonism is bound to individuate works of music in sonicist and non-contextualist terms, while Aristotelianism is tied to instrumentalist and contextualist accounts on work-individuation. I argue that this assumption is wrong. I provide an argument that shows that the differences between musical Platonism and Aristotelianism concern the existence conditions of musical works qua types, but not their identity conditions. Assuming that the existence and individuation conditions of types are given by their associated properties, I defend that the disagreement between Platonism and Aristotelianism is about the principle of instantiation of properties, regardless if these properties are monadic (sonicism and non-contextualism) or relational (instrumentalism and contextualism).
PB American Society for Aesthetics
SN 0021-8529
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108566
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108566
LA eng
NO Puy, Nemesio G. C. (2020) “Contextualizing Platonism and Decontextualizing Aristotelianism in the Ontology of Music”. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 78 (2), 183–196.
NO Este artículo ha recibido soporte económico de FiloLab UGR, Unidad de Excelencia de la Universidad de Granada
NO Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (España)
NO Universidad de Granada
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025