Episode 12 - Can there be knowledge that is independent of culture?

TBD with John and Aaron

English - November 26, 2021 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 11 - How can we distinguish between good and bad interpretations?

Next Episode: Episode 13 - Do we need custodians of knowledge?

Can there be knowledge that is independent of culture?

Good question - We have a go at answering it.

We get stuck in to the Voyager spacecraft, music and octaves across cultures, Denis Dutton's The Art Instinct.

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Some links you might find useful:

Denis Dutton's The Art Instinct:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5788390-the-art-instinct

The Voyager Golden Record
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/

Music Across Cultures
https://www.oh-i-see.com/blog/2013/11/24/culture-smart-the-musical-scale-across-cultures/
https://news.mit.edu/2019/perception-musical-pitch-cultures-0919