This paper examines the historiographic work on music by Sir John Hawkins, in order to show how his idea of a 'science of music' shares its basic principles with many other human sciences, and participates in the modern definition of knowledge provided by Lord Bacon and Descartes.
A 'Human' Science: Hawkins's Science of Music
SEMI, MARIA
2012
Abstract
This paper examines the historiographic work on music by Sir John Hawkins, in order to show how his idea of a 'science of music' shares its basic principles with many other human sciences, and participates in the modern definition of knowledge provided by Lord Bacon and Descartes.File in questo prodotto:
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