Music, Science, Philosophy : Models in the Universe of Thought (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface; Apollo or Dionysus? Music and the growth of knowledge; A conjunction of concepts: music and the emergence of probability; Making inferences: music and the mechanisation of logic; The ovum as initial datum: Harvey, starting points and creativity; On the stretch: Hobbes, mechanics and the shaking palsy; Blowing the organ: Willis, hydro-pneumatics and hierarchy; The science of music to 1830; Music as matter in motion; Music as unfolding life; The problem of ’musical ear’; Index.