An Epistemological Perspective on the Relationship Between Music and Metaphysics

ABSTRACT Thinking together about all the elements of music based on concrete indicators and the qualities of this field that point beyond what is known, brings to the agenda an accumulation of knowledge on the axis of art, philosophy and music. The idea of art, which is the subject of music, or the key issues that transform music into art, point to the deep meanings of music in connection with metaphysics. The approaches adopted in the history of thought, scientific advances and social turning points have shaped the quality of music and the meanings attributed to music. In this descriptive study, which aims to make an epistemological examination of the relationship between music and metaphysics through this accumulation, metaphysical issues that enable us to characterize music as art are revealed. Thus, regardless of the context, it is possible to see a metaphysical perspective that progresses intertwined with music in many circumstances, with various semantic contents, forming itself both as a natural result of music and on an axis that inspires music.