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    It is not the case that Musical works are best understood as types, and types are abstract objects that can be both created and discovered, as Wolterstorff and Levinson argue.

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    • 1.The 'creation' and 'discovery' distinction collapses: either types are mind-independent (only discovered) or mind-dependent (only created).
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    • 2.Musical works seem to be concrete historical artifacts (scores, recordings) with specific origins, not abstract atemporal objects.
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    • 3.Type-token theory struggles to explain why performances can diverge radically yet still instantiate the same work.
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    • 1.Musical works persist through multiple performances; only types (not tokens) can have this identity across instances.
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    • 2.Composers create works by stipulating properties; these stipulations constitute abstract objects with determinate features.
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    • 3.We can discover notational systems and harmonic relationships that existed independently; creation and discovery coexist.
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