Abstract

This article reviews how philosophical issues related to music ca be informed by cognitive science approaches, particularly those of psychology and neuroscience. Focusing on activating emotions with the expressions of music, this study draws attention to an interdisciplinary field within the framework of philosophy. The first traces of issues associated with the depths of consciousness are found in Ancient Greek philosophy. Throughout human history, most philosophers have actively contemplated and attempted to answer fundamental questions about the universe and consciousness. The philosophy of music states that the art of music, each of the first foundations, involves the characteristic movement of the mind, which is summed up by fragmentation and synthesis (composition), according to the perception and imagination of the senses. Al Farabi, in his book The Great Book of Music, evaluates how certain features of musical rhythm, tonality and combinations can have an emotional impact on the listener, based on scientific, epistemological, and empirical studies. The observation of entropy in music, relevant to the active role music plays in social interaction, also supports our research, because it is the basic dynamic of the philosophy” of the mind.
Key words: Philosophy of cognitive science; theory of mind; music imagination; predictive processing; ethnomusicology; neuro musicology