Julian Dodd is a contemporary British analytic philosopher working primarily in metaphysics and the philosophy of music. He is known for his identity theory of truth, his critiques of truthmaker theory, and his Platonist account of musical works as pure sound structures.
Defended an identity theory of truth, arguing that true propositions are identical with facts
Developed influential critiques of truthmaker theory, including objections to accounts of negative truths
Argued for a Platonist ontology of musical works as eternal, abstract sound-event types
Contributed to debates on the metaphysics of abstract objects and their relation to truth
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