本文力图对音乐人类学的基本问题作一探讨。由于音乐人类学的概念较广,其内容不仅可指整个音乐的研究,也可涉及艺术理论的探讨,现将其四个主要理论问题作一分析。一、音乐研究的认识论方针如果人们接受实证论者的或唯理论者的观点,就会承认音乐是一种由人构成的客观现实,这样,必然机械地把音乐当成一种音响物,或死板地把音乐当作 This article tries to discuss the basic problems of music anthropology. As the concept of musical anthropology is broader, its content can not only refer to the study of the whole music, but also to the discussion of art theory. Now, it analyzes four major theoretical issues. I. Epistemological Approach to Music Research If people accept the views of positivists or rationalists, they will admit that music is an objective reality made up of people, so that it is inevitable to mechanically regard the music as a sound object or rigid Think of music as