P D Magnus

Professor of Philosophy, University at Albany, State University of New York

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P D Magnus is a professor of philosophy at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He writes on both the philosophy of science and the philosophy of art. His latest book is A Philosophy of Cover Songs (2022).

Written by P D Magnus

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MUSIC

They’re playing our song! The philosophical puzzle of cover songs

Can a song be both the original and a copy? Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, and the ‘crazy’ philosophical puzzle of song covers

by P D Magnus