Helen Beebee is a British analytic philosopher and Professor of Philosophy known for her work in metaphysics, philosophy of science, and the history of philosophy. She has been a leading defender of Humean views on causation and laws of nature, arguing against necessitarian accounts in favor of regularity-based alternatives. She has also contributed substantially to debates on free will, truthmaker theory, and the metaphysics of modality.
Defended Humean regularity theory of causation against necessitarian alternatives
Authored Hume on Causation (2006), a systematic treatment of Hume's causal theory
Contributed to debates on laws of nature and the distinction between governing and non-governing conceptions
Advanced compatibilist positions in the free will debate
Engaged critically with truthmaker theory, including accounts of negative and general truths