Josh Parsons is a contemporary analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics, particularly the theory of properties, persistence, and philosophy of physics. He has contributed to debates on the nature of intrinsic properties, truthmakers, and the metaphysics of space and time. His work often sits at the intersection of analytic metaphysics and the philosophy of science.
Developed influential analyses of the metaphysics of vector and directional properties
Contributed to the literature on intrinsicness and property theory
Worked on four-dimensionalism and the metaphysics of persistence
Advanced discussions of truthmaker theory and its limits