지식표상이론과 음악지식의 표상

Knowledge Representational Theories and Representation of Musical Knowledge

인간의 인지작용을 이야기할 때 언어는 중요한 부분을 차지한다. 그러나 모든 정보가 언어와 같은 상징매체로 기억에 저장되는지에 관한 주제는 인지심리학에서 지속적인 논쟁점이 되어왔다. 본 연구는 음악지식이 어떻게 표상되는지를 지식표상이론들에 따라 설명하는 데에 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 본 연구자는 인지심리학에서 연구되어온 표상에 대한 다양한 이론들(상징표상, 유추표상, 연결표상, 비 표상이론)을 고찰하고, 지식의 개념과 유형을 살펴보아 음악지식에 대한 이해를 넓히고자 하였다. 음악지식은 다면체적인 지식이며 음악정보는 어느 하나의 방식이 아닌 다양한 방식으로 표상된다.

Twenty years ago, the mostly widely accepted view of the mind was that it represents information in symbolic form and carries out its processing operations by manipulating symbols. However, entirely different forms of representational systems have continuously been suggested, including analogical representation, connectionist representational systems commonly called connectionism, and non-representational theories. The purpose of this study was to explain how musical knowledge is represented. Representational theories in cognitive psychology were reviewed, and concepts and types of knowledge were described for a better understanding of musical knowledge. Musical knowledge and musical thinking have been often regarded as a cognitive ability, but this notion is wrong. Musical knowledge includes cognitive, affective and active knowledge. To expand on the notion of musical knowledge, David Elliott`s opinion on musical knowledge was introduced. Musical knowledge is represented as verbally and nonverbally, cognitively, emotively, and actively. Symbolic representation, like verbal, is not the only system that is a high-level process or high level function. Each form of representation has a unique high-level process or high function. Music must be understood as music. Ultimately, this study can act a theoretical basis for musical learning and teaching.