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PREMIUM-Ep. 292: Langer on Symbolic Music (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Relationship Between Music and Subjective Experience

I was trying to connect what you were saying with what Mark had said. The upshot of all these speculations and researches is that there are certain aspects of the so-called inner life, physical or mental, which have formal properties similar to those of music. And it's not that we're talking scientifically about the feelings. It's something that is deeper than that and different, but still symbolic.

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