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    M. Eddon — Carmelics
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    M. Eddon

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy, Metaphysics of Science

    M. Eddon (Maya Eddon) is a contemporary analytic philosopher specializing in metaphysics and the philosophy of physics. Her work focuses on the nature of quantitative properties, including debates over the metaphysical status of magnitudes, vector properties, and their grounding. She has contributed to foundational questions about how physical quantities should be understood in terms of intrinsicness, fundamentality, and structural relations.

    Notable Achievements

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    Developed influential arguments against standard accounts of vector properties in analytic metaphysics

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    Contributed to debates on the intrinsicness and fundamentality of quantitative properties

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    Worked on the metaphysical foundations of physical magnitudes and measurement

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    Engaged with the intersection of structural realism and property theory

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    Philosophy of Language

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    There is no viable conception of vector properties on which vector properties are both necessarily extrinsic and capable of being fundamental

    Modality & Possibility

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    There is no viable conception of vector properties on which vector properties are both necessarily extrinsic and capable of being fundamental

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    Analytic Philosophy, Metaphysics of Science

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    Philosophy of Language1

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