Moods in the music and the man: A response to Kivy and Carroll

Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 65 (3):307-312 (2007)
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Abstract

This is a response to the debate between Peter Kivy and Noel Carroll over whether music qua music can induce emotions or moods. I critically examine Kivy’s arguments in light of work in the psychology and neuroscience of music and argue in support of Carroll that music can induce moods. I argue that Kivy’s notion of formalist ‘canonical listening’ is problematic, both as an argument against Carroll and as a claim about how we ought to listen to music, and that Kivy may be begging the question against the arousalist both philosophically and neurologically.

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Laura Sizer
Mount Holyoke College

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Art and Mood.Noël Carroll - 2003 - The Monist 86 (4):521-555.
Ars perfecta: Toward perfection in musical performance?Peter Kivy - 2006 - British Journal of Aesthetics 46 (2):111-132.

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