The Future ofPost-Human Acoustics -- The Future of Post-Human Acoustics. A Preface to a New Theoryof Sound and Silence -- CONTENTS -- Part One: Introduction -- Part Two: Sound -- Part Three: Silence -- Part Four: Conclusion -- TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- PART ONE Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION - THE IMPORTANCE OF ACOUSTICS -- The Questionability of a Conventional Wisdom -- Acoustics in Relation to Sound and Silence -- Sound -- Silence -- The Diverse Sub-Fields of Acoustics -- The Theoretical Debate -- The Mental Argument -- The Natural Argument -- The Societal Argument -- The Cultural Argument -- The Multilateral Argument -- The Multilateral Theory of Acoustics -- Theory and Meta-Theory -- The Classification of Theory and Meta-Theory -- A Unified Theory of Everything -- The Logic of Existential Dialectics -- The Conception of Existential Dialectics (or Its Ontics) -- The Syntax of Existential Dialectics (or Its Ontomethodologyand Ontologic) -- The Semantics of Existential Dialectics (or Its Ontosemantics) -- The Pragmatics of Existential Dialectics (or ItsOntopragmatics) -- Sophisticated Methodological Holism -- Chapter Outline -- Some Clarifications -- In Conversation with My Previous Books -- Case Studies and Examples -- Detailed Analysis versus Overall Synthesis -- Two Distinctive Features of Using Quotations -- The Use of !eologisms -- PART TWO Sound -- CHAPTER 2. SOUND AND ITS DOUBLENESS -- The Orderliness of Sound -- Sound and the Mind -- Sound, Perception Limits, and the Psychoacoustic Model -- Sound, Noise Sensibility, and Extroversion-Introversion -- Sound and Nature -- Sound, Animals, and Survival -- Sound, Earthquakes, and Seismology -- Sound and Society -- Sound, Underwater Acoustics, and Naval Warfare -- Sound, Small Talk, and Social Skills -- Sound and Culture.

Sound, Harmonic Series, and Musical Culture -- Sound, and Noise Aesthetics -- The Disturbance of Sound -- PART THREE Silence -- CHAPTER 3. SILENCE AND ITS DUALITY -- The Serenity of Silence -- Silence and the Mind -- Silence, Deafness, and the Mask of Benevolence -- Silence, Stuttering, and Speech Disorder -- Silence and Nature -- Silence, Infrasound, Animals, and Ghosts -- Silence and Society -- Silence, Noise-Control, and Architectural Acoustics -- Silence, the Right to Quiet Enjoyment, and the Law -- Silence and Culture -- Silence, Contemplation, and Religion -- Silence, Abduction, and the Rhetorical Device in Debate -- The Turmoil of Silence -- PART FOUR Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4. CONCLUSION - THE FUTURE OF ACOUSTICS -- Beyond Sound and Silence -- 1st Thesis: The Absoluteness-Relativeness Principle -- 2nd Thesis: The Predictability-Unpredictability Principle -- 3rd Thesis: The Explicability-Inexplicability Principle -- 4th Thesis: The Preciseness-Vagueness Principle -- 5th Thesis: The Simpleness-Complicatedness Principle -- 6th Thesis: The Openness-Hiddenness Principle -- 7th Thesis: The Denseness-Emptiness Principle -- 8th Thesis: The Slowness-Quickness Principle -- 9th Thesis: The Expansion-Contraction Principle -- 10th Thesis: The Theory-Praxis Principle -- 11th Thesis: The Convention-3ovelty Principle -- 12th Thesis: The Evolution-TransformationPrinciple -- 13th Thesis: The Symmetry-Asymmetry Principle -- 14th Thesis: The Softness-Hardness Principle -- 15th Thesis: The Regression-Progression Principle -- 16th Thesis: The Same-Difference Principle -- 17th Thesis: The Post-Human Creativeness -- Towards the Post-Human Creativeness -- Five Great Future Transformations of Acoustics -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.