Harmonic Resolution, Neural Resonance, and Positive Affect

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce F. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Connectionist Model ◽  
Voice Leading ◽  
Modified Model ◽  
Unity In Diversity ◽  
Support Mechanisms ◽  
Aesthetic Principle ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Affective Measure ◽  
Chord Recognition

A connectionist model of harmonic resolution, based on affective principles, is proposed. The connectionist model consists of a note-recognition layer; and a chord-recognition layer; the chord- recognition layer feeds back to the note-recognition layer to produce a resonance loop. Affect is measured by the degree of mutual maintenance of competing units. This measure is derived from the aesthetic principle of unity in diversity. The affective measure permits the rules of harmony to be understood on aesthetic grounds, rather than as a loose collection of observed regularities. It is also shown how the model is broadly consistent with the rules of common harmonic practice and, in addition, is capable of making predictions about dynamic and adaptive effects. Simulations are performed on two types of resolution: the resolution of a nonharmonic note and cadential resolution. The former set of simulations includes the anchoring of nonharmonic notes, the asymmetry of nonharmonic resolution, and the nonharmonic support mechanisms of emphasis and the suspension. The last set includes voice leading in the cadence, the dominant seventh, the French sixth, and a longer cadence. The paper concludes with a discussion of how some expectation-based effects could be included in a modified model that retains the same affective measure.

The Aesthetic Principle

Art Journal ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-375
Author(s):  
Milton D. Heifetz
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Principle ◽  
The Aesthetic

Adam Smith and Albert Einstein: The Aesthetic Principle of Truth

1989 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elias L. Khalil
Keyword(s):  
Adam Smith ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
Aesthetic Principle ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Aesthetic Criterion

I argue for an aesthetic criterion of truth through the explication of the epistemologies of Adam Smith and Albert Einstein–the progenitors of modern economics and physics [cf. Skinner, 1979:ch. 2; Holton, 1968, 1979]. The aesthetic criterion supersedes objectivist and relativist epistemologies.

“Aha”ptics: Enjoying an Aesthetic Aha During Haptic Exploration

Perception ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Muth ◽  
Sabine Ebert ◽  
Slobodan Marković ◽  
Claus-Christian Carbon
Keyword(s):  
Positive Affect ◽  
Need For Closure ◽  
Combined Model ◽  
Thinking Aloud ◽  
Free Exploration ◽  
Haptic Exploration ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Aha Effect ◽  
Hedonic Quality

Perceptual insight, like recognizing hidden figures, increases the appreciation of visually perceived objects. We examined this Aesthetic Aha paradigm in the haptic domain. Participants were thinking aloud during haptic exploration of 11 visually nonaccessible panels. They explored them again evaluating them on liking, pleasingness, complexity, and interestingness. Afterwards they rated photographs of the panels on the same variables. Haptic pleasingness was predictable by the strength of insight (Aha!) during free exploration and the material feel. Liking was increased when complexity was high in addition. Pleasingness and interest were negatively related to each other but predicted liking in a combined model. Personality and explorative strategies were considered, for example, strength of insight was increased for ambiguity-tolerant people, and people with high need for closure explored more globally. Evaluations of haptic and visual explorations correlated significantly, and in both modalities, complexity correlated more strongly with interest than with liking. Our study transfers the Aesthetic Aha effect to the haptic domain and reveals slight differences in its hedonic quality with a potentially higher relevance of pleasingness. We suggest that revealing a (meaningful) structure during exploration—visually or haptically—can enhance positive affect and interest hereby benefits from an increased level of complexity.

scholarly journals Building Children's Character: Ethnographic Study of Maja Labo Dahu Culture at Bima Community

JURNAL IQRA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-201
Author(s):  
Umar Umar ◽  
Hendra Hendra ◽  
Mohd Hilmy Baihaqy Yussof
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Unit Level ◽  
Cultural Character ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Aesthetic Principle ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Sociological Approaches ◽  
The Impact

The development of the impact globalization was the emergence of manners in shifting children's characters. Therefore the aesthetic principle of  Maja Labo Dahu was needed to become an instrument of development moral to build children's character. This study aimed to describe the concept of building children's character through Maja Labo Dahu, inhibiting factors, and reactualizing children’s character through Maja Labo Dahu at Bima community. This study used qualitative research with phenomenological and sociological approaches. The results showed that the exemplary aspect of parents, teachers and elite figures as the key for building children’s character. Needing implementation moral behavior through integration teaching religious and culture. The obstacle was lack of understanding of a child's culture values Maja Labo Dahu, lack of the characteristics of figures in the environment, and the absence of synergy by parents and school in establishing a children's understanding of Maja Labo Dahu. Reactualizing student’s characters involve: doing workshop and seminar to encourage strengthening of cultural character of Maja Labo Dahu and publishing Book of Muatan Lokal as literation materials in education unit level. Keywords: Maja Labo Dahu, Building Children’s Character, Strengthening of Cultural Values

scholarly journals Tone and Voice: A Derivation of the Rules of Voice-Leading from Perceptual Principles

2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Huron
Keyword(s):  
Music Theory ◽  
Contemporary Music ◽  
Formal System ◽  
Western Music ◽  
Voice Leading ◽  
The Core ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Aesthetic

The traditional rules of voice-leading in Western music are explicated using experimentally established perceptual principles. Six core principles are shown to account for the majority of voice-leading rules given in historical and contemporary music theory tracts. These principles are treated in a manner akin to axioms in a formal system from which the traditional rules of voice-leading are derived. Nontraditional rules arising from the derivation are shown to predict formerly unnoticed aspects of voice-leading practice. In addition to the core perceptual principles, several auxiliary principles are described. These auxiliary principles are occasionally linked to voice-leading practice and may be regarded as compositional "options" that shape the music-making in perceptually unique ways. It is suggested that these auxiliary principles distinguish different types of part writing, such as polyphony, homophony, and close harmony. A theory is proposed to account for the aesthetic origin of voice-leading practices.

Tracing the Aesthetic Principle in Conrad's Novels (review)

Conradiana ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 90-94
Author(s):  
Nic Panagapolous
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Principle ◽  
The Aesthetic

Ethics and Education

2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 473-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regner Birkelund
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Nurse Education ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Ethical Aspect ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Aesthetic Principle ◽  
The Aesthetic

In the debate concerning the education of nurses that is currently taking place in Denmark, two widely differing views are apparent regarding the best way of training nurses such that the ethical aspect of their work is adequately considered. The first of these is based on the premise that practical care is fundamental to and justified by theories on nursing, care and ethics, which is why the theoretical part of nurse education deserves a higher priority. The second view is based on the premise that social care cannot be taught by means of theories, but can be learnt only through practice. The master-apprentice principle of ancient Greece is stressed in connection with this as being a viable alternative to the theoretical model of education. These two very different views can be traced back to Plato’s and Aristotle’s ideas on ethics and teaching respectively; indeed, those engaged in the debate make specific reference to these philosophers. In Denmark, a third fundamental viewpoint exists, known as ‘ontological ethics’. Phenomenologist KE Løgstrup is one of the best-known representatives of this view. Basing the line of argument on Løgstrup’s ethics and the view of education associated with this, this article questions the relevance of ancient Greek thought to today’s world by illustrating a number of problems that are connected with the theoretical model of nurse education and with the master-apprentice principle. Løgstrup associates ethics with the aesthetic principle that ‘the useless is the most useful’ in human life and with the view we also see in Kierkegaard’s and NFS Grundtvig’s writings that ethics can be imparted only by indirect means. Løgstrup bases his understanding of ethics on the Judaeo-Christian concept of Genesis and the view that human beings were created with an ethical potential that is best nourished by aesthetic impressions.

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