FS 013 PZ -The Musical Mind

Institution: Pitzer

Description: Writing about music can illuminate philosophical questions about the arts, the mind, and aesthetic experience: What defines music - and musicality? How is music biologically grounded and yet also culturally and historically contingent? What are the relationships between music and language, emotion, and movement? This interdisciplinary seminar will also explore how scholars across the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and natural sciences approach the phenomena they wish to explain. Students will practice developing well-reasoned arguments and defending them with appropriate evidence. Through the microcosm of music, we will seek to become analytical readers, elegant writers, clear speakers, and generous listeners.

Prerequisite(s): None

First-Year seminars are not listed on the course schedule. Incoming students will be assigned to a first-year seminar and registered automatically.