Dynamics and Embodiment in Beat Induction

We provide an argument for using dynamical systems theory in the domain of beat induction. We motivate the study of beat induction and to relate beat induction to the more general study of human rhythm cognition. In doing so we compare a dynamical, embodied approach to a symbolic (traditional AI) one, paying particular attention to how the modeling approach brings with it tacit assumptions about what is being modeled. Please note that this is a philosophy paper about research that was, at the time of writing, very much in progress.