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The issue of a composer’s identity in philosophic theories of David Bloor and Bruno Latour

Evpak Evgeniya Gennadyevna

Ph. D. scholar at HSE Arts and Design doctoral school, visiting lecturer, HSE Design School, Faculty of creative industries, National research uni-versity Higher School of Economics, Russia, Moscow, eevpak@hse.ru

Abstract

The article deals with the art critical category of the “author’s identity” in relation to human composers and non-human music neural networks described in terms of philosophic concepts of David Bloor’s “strong program of knowledge” and Bruno Latour’s “actor-network theory”. The research methodology implies historical-genetic and critical analysis of philosophic concepts of music and the identity of its authors, reflected in the theoretical concepts of ancient Greek philosophers and developed by Vienna scholars, that led the critical theory to the ideas of de-humanization of the author’s identity in art, as declared by Blur and Latour.

Keywords

author’s identity in music; strong program of knowledge; actor-network theory; harmony of spheres; music metalanguage; affection theory; metaphysical and algo-rithmic nature of music composition.

For citing: Evpak E. G. (2024) The issue of a composer’s identity in philosophic theories of David Bloor and Bruno Latour. Human being: Image and essence. Humanitarian aspects. Moscow. INION RAN. Vol. 4 (60). pp. 19-41. DOI: 10.31249/chel/2024.04.02.

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