Julian Dodd is a contemporary British analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics, the philosophy of music, and the theory of truth. He is best known for his type-theoretic account of musical works and his contributions to debates surrounding truthmakers and negative truths. His monograph *Works of Music: An Essay in Ontology* (2007) offers a sustained defense of the view that musical works are types rather than abstract objects created by composers.
Developed a type-theoretic ontology of musical works in *Works of Music: An Essay in Ontology* (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Defended the view that musical works are discovered rather than created, challenging creationist accounts in aesthetics
Contributed to debates on truthmakers, negative truths, and the metaphysics of truth
Argued against leading objections to optimalism about negative truths
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