Walton, Kendall L. - In Other Shoes

In fifteen essays-one new, two newly revised and expanded, three with new postscripts-Kendall L. Walton wrestles with philosophical issues concerning music, metaphor, empathy, existence, fiction, and expressiveness in the arts.

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CONTENTS

Preface
Chapter 1. Empathy, Imagination and Phenomenal Concepts
Chapter 2 Fictionality and Imagination: Mind the Gap
Chapter 3. Two Kinds of Physicality, in Electronic and Acoustic Music
Postscripts to Two Kinds of Physicality, in Electronic and Acoustic Music
Chapter 4. Thoughtwriting-in Poetry and Music
Chapter 5. It's Only a Game : Sports as Fiction
Chapter 6. Restricted Quantification, Negative Existentials, and Fiction
Chapter 7. Existence as Metaphor?
Postscript to Existence as Metaphor?
Chapter 8. Projectivism, Empathy, and Musical Tension
Chapter 9. Listening with Imagina tion: Is Music Representational?
Chapter 10. Metaphor and Prop Oriented Make-Believe
Chapter 11. Understanding Humor and Understanding Music
Chapter 12 What Is Abstract About the Art of Music?
Chapter 13. The Presentation and Portrayal of Sound Patterns
Postscripts to The Presentation and Portrayal of Sound Patterns
Chapter 14. Fearing Fictions
Chapter 15. Spelunking, Simulation and Slime: On Being Moved by Fiction
Acknowledgements
Index