Ben Mc Hugh

Ben Mc Hugh
Uppsala University | UU · Department of Philosophy

Master of Arts

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Introduction
I am a master's student in aesthetics at Uppsala University, Sweden. My current research interests are in the philosophy of music and the aesthetics and metaphysics of timbre and sound.
Additional affiliations
September 2015 - January 2020
Sveriges Radio
Position
  • Technician
Description
  • Live mixingm, recording and post production for broadcast as a sound engineer and, as a technician, responsible for the stability and maintenance of systems for IP audio contribution from field to studio over public mobile wireless networks.
September 2012 - October 2014
Crosscare
Position
  • Research Officer
Description
  • Responsible for music and audio-visual education for young people in the Dublin south-west area of Lucan.
July 2010 - August 2010
Contemporary Music Centre
Position
  • Researcher
Description
  • Researcher, Library Intern and Archivist
Education
January 2020 - January 2022
Uppsala University
Field of study
  • Aesthetics
September 2011 - August 2012
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Field of study
  • Musical Composition
September 2007 - May 2011
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Field of study
  • Musical Composition

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Thesis
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This thesis explores the concept of timbre through the lens of analytic philosophical aesthetics and philosophy of music. I argue that timbre should be thought of as providing the grounds for artistic and aesthetic values in music. To this end and firstly, I critique the physical sense of timbre in favour of two anti-realist senses of timbre. These...