Course curriculum

  • 01

    Module One: Religion and Knowledge in Music

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    • Course Overview
    • Please Introduce Yourself
    • Module One Overview
    • Lecture One
    • Lecture One Transcript
    • List of Music for Module One
    • What is Music?
    • Classical Music as an Art Form
    • Music and Inner Experience
    • Discussion One
  • 02

    Module Two: Emotions, Beauty, and Aesthetics in Music

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    • Module Two Overview
    • Lecture Two
    • Lecture Two Transcript
    • List of Music for Module Two
    • Music and the Emotions
    • Beauty, the Sublime, and Sensuous Pleasure
    • Emotion in Music
    • Discussion Two
  • 03

    Module Three: Absolutism and Referentialism. Mathematics and Plato’s Mimesis

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    • Module Three Overview
    • Lecture Three
    • Lecture Three Transcript
    • List of Music for Module Three
    • Imitation, Inspiration, and Beauty
    • Musical Formalism
    • On Eduard Hanslick
    • Discussion Three
  • 04

    Module Four: Music Philosophy - Precursors

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    • Module Four Overview
    • Lecture Four
    • Lecture Four Transcript
    • List of Music for Module Four
    • Medieval Philosophy
    • Historical Discussions on the Aesthetics of Classical Music
    • Discussion Four
  • 05

    Module Five: Symbolism, Phenomenology, Pragmatism, and Social Philosophy

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    • Module Five Overview
    • Lecture Five
    • Lecture Five Transcript
    • List of Music for Module Five
    • Theories of Musical Symbolism
    • Human Experience and Values
    • Discussion Five
  • 06

    Module Six: Praxialism, Feminism, and Postmodernism

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    • Module Six
    • Lecture Six
    • Lecture Six Transcript
    • List of Music for Module Six
    • Feminist Philosophy
    • Postmodernism
    • Discussion Six
    • End of Course Survey