b. 1938
D. H. Mellor (David Hugh Mellor, born 1938) is a British analytic philosopher and emeritus professor at the University of Cambridge, widely regarded for his contributions to metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of probability. His work spans causation, time, properties, and the nature of belief, with major books including Real Time (1981) and The Facts of Causation (1995). He is a leading figure in the analytic tradition's treatment of fundamental ontological questions.
Developed an influential facts-based theory of causation, arguing causes and effects are facts rather than events
Defended a tenseless (B-theory) view of time, arguing tense is not a feature of reality but of perspective
Advanced the philosophy of subjective probability and its connections to rational belief and decision
Contributed a trope-theoretic account of properties, grounding universals in particular instances
Distinguished truth-making from propositional existence, arguing truths need not require propositions as ontological entities