Malcolm Budd

Malcolm John Budd (23 December 1941 – 17 February 2026) was a British philosopher. He studied mathematics and philosophy at Jesus College, Cambridge, and taught at University College London from 1970 to 2001, where he held the Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic position from 1998 until his retirement. He was an emeritus professor. Budd was best known for his contributions to analytic aesthetics, publishing on the expressive qualities of music, the aesthetic appreciation of nature, and the values of art. He defended a resemblance theory of music's expressiveness, proposing that music resembles the felt qualities of emotions. In 1995, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. He died from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 84.