Re: Difference between cognition and perception?

[David Hirst <d.hirst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One way that the TOM is accessible in English is via the "Solfege de
l'objet sonore".
This 3 CD set and book was re-issued by INA/GRM in 1998.

http://www.ina.fr/produits/disques/ina-GRM/disque157.fr.html

The book's text is in French, English, and Spanish.

Every page is full of "controversial" quotes like...

"... music is a unique bridge between nature and culture."

"... trust in our hearing, which is an 'inner sight'."

"... Isn't , therefore, the musician's relationship with nature the same as
the hypnotists's with the fortune-teller?"

... and this is just the first page!

The CD set is arranged in 8 "Themes", with 91 examples illustrating the 8
themes.

The volume is a fine illustration that there are many factors in the
recognition, and indeed classification, of sounds (and noises) including
acoustic factors, semantic, ecological frequency, syntactical, contextual,
etc. Top-down and bottom-up processes are constantly interacting and
updating experience, and are difficult to separate.

cheers,

David

At 09:00 AM 18/04/2004 -0400, Kevin Austin wrote:
> Vincent Rioux vincent.rioux@NO-LOG.ORG wrote:
>
>
> > >  - Moreover (consequently?) there has been some kind of controversies
> > >  around the work of Schaeffer. What is his status today after all,
> > >  scientist? composer? philosopher? "maitre penser"?
>
> In my experience, outside of higher academic circles, within the UK,
> the USA, Australia and much of Canada, the text is un-read and it is
> largely a(n obscure) historical reference.
David Hirst
Lecturer, Educational Design
Dept of Teaching, Learning and Research Support
University of Melbourne
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