2. ANALYSIS
• GREEK WORD, MEANING “TO LOOSEN UP”
• THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH WE BREAK DOWN AN INTELLECTUAL OR
SUBSTANTIAL WHOLE INTO PARTS OR COMPONENTS
3. SYNTHESIS
• GREEK WORD, MEANING “TO PUT TOGETHER”
• THE OPPOSITE PROCEDURE: TO COMBINE SEPARATE ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS
IN ORDER TO FORM A COHERENT WHOLE.
4. CASE STUDY: THE MECHANISM OF THE EAR
• HERMANN HELMHOLTZ STUDIED THE HUMAN EAR BY REDUCTIONIST APPROACH.
• HE ANALYZED EACH PART OF THE EAR BASED ON CLASSICAL MECHANICS.
• SOME PROBLEMS WITH HELMHOLTZ' THEORY, IT COULD NOT EXPLAIN THE
PRODUCTION OF HARMONICS AND COMBINATION TONES
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5. CASE STUDY: THE MECHANISM OF THE EAR
• BERNHARD RIEMANN CAREFULLY STUDIED THE WORK BY HERMANN
HELMHOLTZ.
• RIEMANN DOES NOT BEGIN HIS INVESTIGATION FORM THE POINT OF VIEW OF
THE EAR'S ANATOMY, BUT FROM WHAT THE EAR ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHES, I.E.
ITS SENSITIVITY, FIDELITY AND DISCRIMINATION.
• HE THEN ASKS: WHAT TASK DOES THE EAR HAVE -- WHAT PROBLEM MUST IT
SOLVE -- IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT IT DOES. IT IS THE FORMULATION
AND ANALYSIS OF THIS TASK WHICH IS THE STARTING POINT AND PRIMARY
FOCUS OF HIS INVESTIGATION.
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