tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15838439.post4540867804859778395..comments2023-10-31T08:27:14.010-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Aesthetics: On the Origins of Language -- An Update On My TheoryTroy Camplinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15838439.post-63169507313890504622013-02-21T14:46:06.084-08:002013-02-21T14:46:06.084-08:00Indeed, Nietzsche is never far from my thinking.
...Indeed, Nietzsche is never far from my thinking.<br /><br />Music does in fact have a grammatical structure not dissilmilar to language. This is what led me to my general theory (developed at great length in my dissertation, found here on this blog) of language development. <br /><br />My initial thesis -- which this new work does not disprove -- is that grammatical structure is fundamentally narrative, and that narrative structure develops in any animal capable of action and choice. The lion must engage in grammatically structured actions to successfully bring down an antelope.Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15838439.post-53657927261389418262013-02-21T14:41:32.172-08:002013-02-21T14:41:32.172-08:00I think you're on to something. I suspect we b...I think you're on to something. I suspect we both are somewhat on Nietzsche's pattern, in the sense that we're seeing an initial primal unity - as he did with the music-drama - which then got fragmented. This is integrative work, because today we tend to treat all these functions as dissociated. My own casual theory has been that music is a language equal to and systemtically somewhat independent of verbal-conceptual language. Further back, it seems likely rooted in primate gestures and all. I'm with the idea that our internal emotional life is actually ~introjected~ primate gestures!Michael R. Brownhttp://www.fuguewriter.comnoreply@blogger.com