The Future of Post-Human Acoustics: A Preface to a New Theory of Sound and Silence

480 Pages·2011·3.03 MB·English

by  Peter

The Future of
Post-Human Acoustics
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The Future of
Post-Human Acoustics
A Preface to a New Theory
of Sound and Silence

Peter Baofu

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The Future of Post-Human Acoustics: A Preface to a New Theory of Sound and
Silence, by Peter Baofu
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To Those in the Future World Beyond Sound and Silence
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CONTENTS

List of Tables ...................................................................................................... xi
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................ xvii
List of Abbreviations ........................................................................................ xix

Part One: Introduction

Chapter One. Introduction—The Importance of Acoustics ................................ 3
The Questionability of a Conventional Wisdom .......................................... 3
Acoustics in Relation to Sound and Silence ................................................ 4
The Diverse Sub-Fields of Acoustics ......................................................... 10
The Theoretical Debate .............................................................................. 11
The Multilateral Theory of Acoustics ....................................................... 19
Theory and Meta-Theory ........................................................................... 21
The Logic of Existential Dialectics ............................................................ 22
Sophisticated Methodological Holism ....................................................... 53
Chapter Outline .......................................................................................... 62
Some Clarifications .................................................................................... 63

Part Two: Sound

Chapter Two. Sound and Its Doubleness ........................................................ 123
The Orderliness of Sound ........................................................................ 123
Sound and the Mind ................................................................................. 124
Sound and Nature ..................................................................................... 137
Sound and Society ................................................................................... 149
Sound and Culture ................................................................................... 165
The Disturbance of Sound ....................................................................... 181
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Part Three: Silence

Chapter Three. Silence and Its Duality ........................................................... 191
The Serenity of Silence ............................................................................ 191
Silence and the Mind ............................................................................... 192
Silence and Nature ................................................................................... 212
Silence and Society .................................................................................. 218
Silence and Culture .................................................................................. 233
The Turmoil of Silence ............................................................................ 247

Part Four: Conclusion

Chapter Four. Conclusion—The Future of Acoustics ..................................... 259
Beyond Sound and Silence ...................................................................... 259
1st Thesis: The Absoluteness-Relativeness Principle ............................ 2 63
2nd Thesis: The Predictability-Unpredictability Principle ....................... 266
3rd Thesis: The Explicability-Inexplicability Principle .......................... 269
4th Thesis: The Preciseness-Vagueness Principle................................... 272
5th Thesis: The Simpleness-Complicatedness Principle ......................... 274
6th Thesis: The Openness-Hiddenness Principle .................................... 276
7th Thesis: The Denseness-Emptiness Principle ..................................... 278
8th Thesis: The Slowness-Quickness Principle ...................................... 280
9th Thesis: The Expansion-Contraction Principle................................... 282
10th Thesis: The Theory-Praxis Principle ................................................. 284
11th Thesis: The Convention-Novelty Principle ....................................... 286
12th Thesis: The Evolution-Transformation Principle .............................. 289
13th Thesis: The Symmetry-Asymmetry Principle ................................... 291
14th Thesis: The Sofness-Hardness Principle ........................................... 293
15th Thesis: The Regression-Progression Principle .................................. 295
16th Thesis: The Sameness-Difference Principle ..................................... 296
17th Thesis: The Post-Human Creativeness.............................................. 300
Towards the Post-Human Creativeness ................................................... 302

Bibliography ................................................................................................... 407
Index ................................................................................................................ 423