David Liggins is a contemporary British analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and the philosophy of mathematics. His work focuses on ontological commitment, abstract objects, and the theory of truthmakers, engaging critically with debates about how language and logic bear on questions of what exists. He has contributed to discussions of nominalism, fictionalism, and the metaphysics of truth.
Contributed to the debate on truthmakers and the metaphysics of negative truths
Developed critical analyses of ontological commitment and abstract object discourse
Engaged with fictionalist and nominalist approaches to the philosophy of mathematics
Published work examining the logical and semantic presuppositions of metaphysical theorizing
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