Musical thinking: between conceptual determinacy and the psychological-pedagogical potential of modern inter-art education

Abstract

The article is devoted to the actualization of musical thinking within the context of innovations in art education in the globalized contemporary cultural space. Taking into account the specialization of human cognitive activity, it is emphasized that the human mind does not function in an abstract vacuum; instead, it adapts to the specific laws of its field of application, tailoring information processing mechanisms to the nature of the object of study or creativity, including the arts. It is noted that music is not merely an object of auditory consumption, a hedonistic experience, or a simple technical-performance skill, but a complex system of exploring the world and oneself through musical art. It is an act of intellectual depth that engages the entire structure of the human personality: from the primary sensory level to the highest metaphysical spheres of consciousness. The study points out that musical thinking is an ability possessed by a creative individual that objectifies the process of reflecting life realities, historical events, the environment, and human relationships through the means of musical art. The issue of the conceptual understanding of the intersection of musical thinking as a cultural and artistic phenomenon and its pedagogical context in modern innovations of art education is highlighted. The aim of research is to actualize the interdisciplinary profile of musical thinking within interartistic and psychological-pedagogical coordination as a resource for inter-art education, and to determine the modernized state of the functional scope of musical thinking within the paradigm of inter-art education. The scientific novelty lies in the substantiation of the essence of a new concept – inter-art education, which is defined as a condition for acquiring art education that incorporates various intertextual and inter-technological innovative resources, combining art with modern polymodal practices using technical means of image reproduction. This expands the horizons of musical thinking toward globalized projections. In the conceptual aspect, traditional and innovative functions of musical thinking are examined and actualized. Specifically, the interpretative function, that reproduces the logic of musical text, style and genre formation in a historical-cultural projection. The function of social and cultural communication through art, which corresponds to the artistic-representative function, concentrating specific experiences within the individual that expand artistic perceptions and stimulate reflection. The function of synesthesia, which activates various modes of perception and reproduction of artistic images. The innovative function of inter-art synergy, which gains relevance today in the interaction with the function of neural network adaptation to artistic innovations in the digital space. Special emphasis is placed on the function of preserving spirituality and national identity, maintaining humanism, and developing the individual’s capacity for creativity and critical thinking