Charles Cross is a contemporary analytic philosopher working primarily in metaphysics and the philosophy of properties. His work engages with debates over the ontological status of relations and tropes, particularly examining whether relational tropes can adequately account for the structure of facts. He has contributed to discussions of analogical reasoning in philosophical argumentation.
Contributed to the critique of relational trope theories in analytic metaphysics
Applied analogical reasoning to problems in ontology and the theory of properties
Engaged with debates over universals, particulars, and the nature of relations