Karpenko O. The idea of absolute music in historical philosophical dimension.

The object of research comprises theories of ontological autonomy of music. The objective of research is to fulfill a reconstruction of the idea of absolute music within the dimension of history of philosophy. The methods of research include logical and analytical approach, historical and hermeneutical approach, principle of historicity, systemic analysis, principle of continuity, and interdisciplinary approach. The thesis represents a historical and philosophical analysis of the evolution of the idea of absolute music, which consists in intuition about ontological autonomy of music. The key factor that determined the appearance of this idea was specific nature of musical temporality which forms an objective correlative for subjective experience of time. Classical ontology of music conceived metaphysical opposition between instrumental rationality and affective expressivity of music. The idea of absolute music occurred as a result of resolving the duality of rational action and affective impulse in musical creativity via identificcation of musical time with the time of history (R. Wagner). Although the further phislosophisal development of the idea of absolute music proved priority of subjectivity constitution within the temporal dimension of music (E. Hanslick, O. Losiev). Phenomenological modification of the idea of absolute music happened to be essential for the concept of absolute consciousness developed by E. Husserl. The postmodernist deconstruction and musicological historiosophy are the conceptual trends which are currently defining the status of this idea within philosophical discourse. The sphere of use is education.