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Saam Trivedi

Disciplines:
aesthetics
philosophy/indian philosophy

Summary

Indian-American philosopher who has worked on the aesthetics of music, the relationship between music and emotion, and on integrating Indian aesthetic theory with analytic aesthetics.

Core Contribution

Contributed to discussions of musical expressiveness and emotion, and to connecting classical Indian rasa theory with analytic philosophy of art.

Historical Influences

Peter Kivy Abhinavagupta

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Aesthetics Indian Aesthetics

Contemporaries & Peers

No recorded contemporaries.

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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