Fraser MacBride is a contemporary British analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics, philosophy of logic, and philosophy of mathematics. He is best known for his work on the ontology of relations, truthmakers, and the philosophical foundations of predication. His research engages centrally with questions about universals, tropes, Bradley's regress, and the metaphysics of mathematical objects.
Developed influential analyses of the metaphysics of relations and the problem of Bradley's regress
Contributed to truthmaker theory, including debates over negative and general truths
Authored the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on 'Relations'
Advanced debates on tropes versus universals as truthmakers
Engaged neo-Fregean philosophy of mathematics and the metaphysics of abstract objects