Andrew Newman is a contemporary analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics, particularly the theory of universals, tropes, and predication. He is best known for his work on the physical basis of predication and critical engagement with trope theory as a response to the problem of relations and properties. His writing engages closely with debates between realism about universals and nominalist alternatives.
Authored 'The Physical Basis of Predication' (1992), defending a realist account of properties grounded in physical reality
Authored 'The Correspondence Theory of Truth' (2002), connecting truthmaking to metaphysical realism
Developed sustained critiques of relational trope theory as inadequate to explain predication and resemblance
Contributed analytic arguments defending universals over trope-based nominalism
Engaged foundational questions about how abstract objects and relations are grounded in the physical world