Works of Music An Essay in Ontology [Hardcover]

Introduction
1. The Type/Token Theory Introduced
2. Types I: Abstract, Unstructured, Unchanging
3. Types II: Platonism
4. Defending the Type/Token Theory I
5. Defending the Type/Token Theory II: Musical Platonism
6. Musical Works as Continuants: A Theory Rejected
7. Musical Works as Compositional Actions: A Critique
8. Sonicism I: Against Instrumentalism
9. Sonicism II: Against Contextualism

There is no question thatWorks of Musicis required reading for anyone concerned with the current state of the ontology of art; it also deserves a more general readership among metaphysicians. Few will deny that Dodd has produced a cohesive and ingeniously-defended account of a certain class of entities. --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews