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Tiago Morais Ribeiro de Sousa holds a PhD in Philosophy, a Master's degree in Music Teaching, and three Bachelor's degrees—in Philosophy, Music, and Engineering. Specifically: 1) A PhD in Philosophy, specializing in Musical Aesthetics, with the thesis titled "The Aesthetic Experience of Music - From the Concept of Music to a Self-Referential Model of Aesthetic Judgment", completed at the University of Minho in March 2022. 2) A Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Minho. 3) A Master's degree in Music Teaching from the Institute of Education at the University of Minho. 4) A Bachelor's degree in Music (Classical Guitar) from the Institute of Arts and Humanities at the University of Minho. 5) A Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto. Currently, Tiago is an Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Minho, where he teaches courses in Musical Aesthetics, Theatre Aesthetics, Architecture Aesthetics, Theory of Image, Critical Thinking, and Modern Philosophy. He is also a researcher at the Center for Humanistic Studies (CEHUM) at the same university and a classical guitar teacher at the Conservatório de Música de Gondomar. Tiago has published extensively in the field of Musical Aesthetics, focusing on themes such as expression, formalism, performance, and musical understanding. His work has been featured in leading international journals in aesthetics and philosophy of art, including the British Journal of Aesthetics and the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism (both Q1-ranked journals). Notable publications include: 1) (2024) "The Role of the Performer in Hanslick's 'On the Musically Beautiful'," published in The British Journal of Aesthetics (Oxford Academic 2) (2023) "Descriptive Formalism and Evaluative Formalism in Kant's Theory of Music - A Response to Young," published in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 3) (2023) "Questioning the Formalist Facet of Kant’s Approach to Music – An Application to Mussorgsky, a Comparison with Hanslick, 4) and a Response to Samantha Matherne," in Con-textos Kantianos International Journal of Philosophy. 5) (2017) "Was Hanslick a Closet Schopenhauerian?" published in The British Journal of Aesthetics . 6) (2016) "The Quest for 'Authenticity': Three Performances of a Bach’s Fugue Compared," in Aisthesis: Pratiche, Linguaggi E Saperi Dell’Estetico . Tiago is currently a participant in the European project 'Reconstructing Hanslick’s Aesthetics Analytically', funded by the Austrian Science Fund with a total budget of €446,500. The project is coordinated by Alexander Wilfing (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) and focuses on the reconstruction of Hanslick’s ideas on musical aesthetics through an analytical approach to musical formalism. Tiago collaborates with a team of esteemed international researchers, including Irene Brandenburg (Universität Salzburg), Hanne Appelqvist (University of Helsinki), Sanja Sreckovic (Ruhr Universität Bochum), Lee Rothfarb (University of California at Santa Barbara), and Nick Zangwill (University College London).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Tiago Morais Ribeiro de Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Tiago

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D918-39BD-4F4C
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6693-7726

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - Philosophy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/09/09 - 2022/07/22
Concluded
 Filosofia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 19
2016/09/07 - 2022/03/30
Concluded
 Filosofia (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"A experiência estética musical – do conceito de música a um modelo autorreferencial do juízo estético" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom (notá máxima da instituição)
2012/09/01 - 2016/02/02
Concluded
 Ensino da Música (Mestrado)
Major in Guitarra Clássica
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Educação, Portugal
"Tonal grammar development through improvisation in classical guitar lessons" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2012
Concluded
 Licenciatura em Música (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 - 180 ECTS
2005
Concluded
 Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Extraction of sound features and classification of the expressiveness of violin performances" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/05/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, Portugal
2007/01/01 - 2007/06/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2005/10/01 - 2005/11/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09/01 - 2025/08/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
2022/01/15 - 2022/08/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2020/02/29 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/02/28 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2018/02/28 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2017/02/28 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2016/02/29 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Filosofia, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09/01 - 2023/08/31 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Conservatório de Música de Gondomar , Portugal
Conservatório de Música de Gondomar , Portugal
2021/09/30 - 2023/08/31 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Academia de Música da Sociedade Filarmónica Vizelense, Portugal
Academia de Música da Sociedade Filarmónica Vizelense, Portugal
2013/09/01 - 2017/08/31 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Academia de Música da Sociedade Filarmónica Vizelense, Portugal
Academia de Música da Sociedade Filarmónica Vizelense, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2015/09/30 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Curso de Música Silva Monteiro, Portugal
Curso de Música Silva Monteiro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2007/09/01 - 2008/08/31 Docente / Formador de Matemática, Desenho Técnico e Eletrotecnia Escola Secundária de Ermesinde , Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/11/01 - 2027/05/31 Reconstructing Hanslick´s Aesthetics Analytically
PAT2049024.
Invited Scientist Fellow
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria
 Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Ongoing
2017/09/01 - 2021/08/31 A Experiência Estética Musical – Do Conceito de Música a um Modelo Autorreferencial do Juízo Estético
SFRH/BD/115976/2016
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2008/01/01 - 2008/08/31 Projeto TecnoVoz - desenvolvimento de tecnologias da fala e sua aplicação em produtos e sistemas com relevância comercial
não tem
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Instituto de Telecomunicações Coimbra, Portugal
 Instituto de Telecomunicações Coimbra
Concluded
2005/02/01 - 2005/08/31 Sound to Sense – Sense to Sound
003773
Researcher
Firenze Tecnologia, Italy
 European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2006/10/01 - 2006/12/31 Trivial - Radio Interactive Transmission of Local Video
Nao tem
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
 Instituto de Telecomunicações
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Sousa, Tiago. A Experiência Estética da Música – Entre o Fruir e o Compreender. Lisboa: Humus - CEHUM - FCT. 2024.
    Published
  2. Abeijón, Barceló; Sousa, Tiago. Canto para tocar. Toco para Cantar. Portugal: Diego Marín. 2017.
Book chapter
  1. Sousa, Tiago. "Três problemas na aplicação da exemplificação metafórica à música". In Quando Há Arte! - Ensaios de homenagem a Maria do Carmo d'Orey, edited by Vítor Guerreiro; Carlos João Correia; Vítor Manuel Ferreira Ribeiro de Moura, 333-346. Lisbon, Portugal: EPrimatur, 2023.
    Published
  2. Sousa, Tiago. "Para uma problematização dos elementos básicos da obra musical". In Filosofia e as Artes, 68-77. Charleston, United States: CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2016.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Sousa, Tiago. "From Tolstoy's Expressionism to Nietzsche's Skepticism of Philosophers' Neutrality – Constructing and Dismantling the Bridge between Art and Philosophy.". The Philosophical Forum (2025):
    Under revision
  2. Sousa, Tiago. "The Poverty of Exemplification and the Richness of Musical Expressiveness - A Response to Guerreiro". Res Facta Nova - Studies in Contemporary Music 25 34 (2024): https://www.resfactanova.pl/.
    Open access • Accepted
  3. Tiago Sousa. "The Role of the Performer in Hanslick¿s On the Musically Beautiful". British Journal of Aesthetics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayad021.
    10.1093/aesthj/ayad021
  4. Sousa, Tiago. "Questioning the formalist facet of Kant's approach to music - an application to Mussorgsky, a comparison with Hanslick and a response to Samantha Matherne". Con-textos Kantianos International Journal of Philosophy (2023):
    Accepted
  5. Sousa, Tiago. "Descriptive Formalism and Evaluative Formalism in Kant’s Theory of Music—A Response to Young". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jaac/kpad018.
    Published • 10.1093/jaac/kpad018
  6. Sousa, Tiago. "De Kant a Levinson: uma proposta de modelo do juízo musical". philosophy@Lisbon - International eJournal 10 (2020): 103-118. http://www.philosophyatlisbon.org/archive.php.
    Open access • Published
  7. Sousa, Tiago. "Was Hanslick a Closet Schopenhauerian?". The British Journal of Aesthetics 57 2 (2017): 211-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayx008.
    Published • 10.1093/aesthj/ayx008
  8. Sousa, Tiago. "The Quest for "Authenticity". Three performances of a Bach¿s fugue compared". Aisthesis: Pratiche, Linguaggi E Saperi Dell’Estetico 9 (2):177-196 (2016) 9 2 (2016): 177-196. http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/19424/17948.
    Open access • Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "A experiência estética musical – do conceito de música a um modelo autorreferencial do juízo estético". PhD, Universidade do Minho, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/1822/77588.
  2. Sousa, Tiago Morais Ribeiro de. "Desenvolvimento da gramática tonal na aula de guitarra clássica através da improvisação". Master, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/37819.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/10/24 Compreensão da e na experiência musical – contributos da análise na apreciação estética X Encontro Ibérico de Estética
Universidade da Madeira (UMa) (Funchal , Portugal)
2024/04/19 How can the improviser make a mistake? The importance of the notion of error for the understanding of musical improvisation European Network for the Philosophy of Music | 1st Conference | Freedom in Music - Contemporary challenges
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto – Instituto de Filosofia (Porto, Portugal)
2023/11/25 How can the improviser make mistakes? The importance of the notion of error for the ontology of musical performance Colóquio Humanitas: Arte, Mitologia e Metafísica
CFUL - Centre of Philosophy University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/08/30 Descobrindo e encobrindo Bach: Identidade e diferença na performance musical XI Simpósio Luso-Galaico de Filosofia - Identidade e Diferença
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2023/02/25 The role of analysis in the musical aesthetic experience - ways of qualifying Jerrold Levinson's concatenationism. 37th Philosophy Meeting | Philosophy and Art, Association of Philosophy Teachers.
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/11/30 Understanding of and in the musical experience - contributions of analysis in aesthetic appreciation. III Tibães Music Meeting
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/04/05 Is Kant a musical formalist? The problematic relationship between form, representation and expression in the Kantian musical aesthetic judgment Kant: Concepts, Imagination, and Aesthetic Appreciation
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/05/05 Style and individuality in performance - from Hanslick's formalism to contemporary perspectives of authenticity, at the conference "Musical Performance as Creation - 2nd Edition of NOVA Contemporary Music Meeting International Conference". Musical Performance as creation – 2nd Edition of NOVA Contemporary Music Meeting International Conference
2020/02/23 Presentation and discussion of Peter Kivy's article, "Designs À La Grecque" (in Antithetical Arts - On the Ancient Quarrel between Literature and Music, New York, Oxford University Press, 2009 (pp. 29-52)). Designs a la Gracque - Kant Reading Group
2019/05/17 The appeal of the dark - negative emotions in music MLAG Research Seminars
2018/11/23 Appreciating a musical composition - a synthesis between Levinson's concatenationism and Kivy's architecturalism Composing Music Today - Nova Contemporary Music Meeting
2018/10/02 The composer creates, the performer feels, the work presents itself. MLAG Research Seminars
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto - MLAG - Mind, Language, and Action Group and Instituto de Filosofia (Porto, Portugal)
2018/06/22 A apreciação musical a partir de Kant e de Levinson Colóquio Internacional – O que é a Música?
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
2018/03/13 An expressionist Hanslick? The intimacy of the performer in On the Musically Beautiful European Society for Aesthetics Conference 2018
European Society for Aesthetics (Maribor , Slovenia)
2018/02/22 Listening to belief: faith as a condition for appreciating religious musical works. Colóquio - O Gesto e a Crença
"Religious Pratices and Sociabilities" Group of CITCEM – Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar «Cultura, Espaço e Memória» (Porto, Portugal)
2018/02/05 Enjoying, appreciating, and evaluating a musical work - towards an articulation of the diverse dimensions of aesthetic judgment. MLAG Research Seminars
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto - MLAG - Mind, Language, and Action Group e Instituto de Filosofia (Porto, Portugal)
2017/10/03 From Hanslick's formalism to Levinson's concatenationism - the problem of musical understanding. MLAG Research Seminars
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto - MLAG - Mind, Language, and Action Group and Instituto de Filosofia (Porto, Portugal)
2016/04/03 The constitutive elements of the musical experience. VII Jornadas de Filosofia
2015/11/03 "Eduard Hanslick's On the Beautiful in Music": the beginning of musical formalism Comunidade de Leitores de Filosofia
Universidade do Minho (Porto, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/11/04 - Current Conferência “Uses and abuses of truth: Lying, bullshit, and truthful deception” Conferência apresentada por Tim Kenyon, Brock University, Canadá (2024/11/04)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2024/06/18 - Current Organização do webinar “The Ongoing Controversy concerning Cultural Appropriation in the Arts and Fashion”, por James O. Young (University of Victoria, B.C.), (2024/06/18)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, Portugal
2024/06/01 - Current Criação e organização do Seminário Permanente de Estética e Filosofia da Arte CEHUM - Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho. Seminário criado para promover a discussão contínua, em regime mensal, na área da Estética e Filosofia da Arte, com apresentações e debates com convidados nacionais e internacionais. Os nove eventos seguintes inserem-se no âmbito deste seminário. (2024/06/01)
Seminar
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, Portugal
2024/04/02 - Current Participação na organização da conferência “The One and the Many: Beauty, Artistic Value”, por Thomas Adajian (James Madison University) (2024/04/02)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, Portugal
2023/10/07 - Current Participação na organização da palestra “Aesthetic Formalism, Architecture and Politics”, por Nick Zangwill (UCL – University College London) (2023/10/07)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, Portugal
2023/06/21 - Current Dinamização da atividade pedagógica "Verão no Campus" - Café Filosófico. Universidade do Minho, Escola de Letras, Artes e Ciências Humanas (ELACH). (2023/06/21)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023/05/14 - Current Organização da aula aberta “Método Socrático: o Papel do Pensamento Crítico na Sociedade”, pelo Prof. Tomás Magalhães Carneiro (Universidade do Porto) (2023/05/14)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012/03/16 - Current Participação na organização das “III Jornadas de Filosofia - Filosofia e Ciências Naturais" (2012/03/16)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/09/10 - Current Participação como moderador no “4.º Congresso Internacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Filosofia
Congress
 4.º Congresso Internacional da Sociedade Portuguesa de Filosofia
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015/10/31 - Current Participação como moderador no colóquio “II Encuentro Ibérico de Estética ‘Conceptos estéticos’”
Congress
 II Encuentro Ibérico de Estética ‘Conceptos estéticos’
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/06/14 Attentional Engines in Architecture: A study on the applicability of the biased competition theory for selective attention in the analysis and interpretation of architectural projects
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carolina Marques de Vasconcelos Matos. (Master)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Arquitetura Arte e Design, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/04/03 - Current Diacrítica (2183-9174) Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho (CEHUM).
2023/11/04 - Current British Journal of Aesthetics Oxford Academics
2021/05/02 - Current Con-Textos Kantianos International Journal of Philosophy
2021/03/17 - Current Disputatio - International Journal of Philosophy (0873-626X) University of Lisbon

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2019/08/29 - Current Tinderella - Philosophy of Love. A filosofia do Amor, a partir de Platão, Frankfurt, Scruton e Sartre
Distinctions

Award

2023 "Academic Merit Award" from the School of Humanities at the University of Minho, given to the student with the highest final grade among all arts and humanities undergraduate programs
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas, Portugal
2022 "Merit scholarship for 2021/2022 from DGES Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior,
DGES Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2012 Academic Merit Award given by the University of Minho to the student with the highest grade in the 2009/2010 academic year of this undergraduate program.
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Other distinction

2018 Finalist of the "European Society for Aesthetics Prize 2018"
European Society for Aesthetics - , Switzerland
2017 PhD Scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), being ranked first in the classification and ranking list of candidates.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal