b. 1963
Mark Balaguer is an American analytic philosopher at California State University, Los Angeles, known for his work in philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. He developed Full-Blooded Platonism (FBP), a distinctive view holding that all logically possible mathematical objects exist, and has written extensively on free will and its relationship to neuroscience and ethics. His work bridges technical analytic philosophy and accessible public engagement.
Developed Full-Blooded Platonism (FBP), the view that all logically possible mathematical objects exist
Argued that both Platonism and nominalism are defensible in philosophy of mathematics
Authored influential work on free will, indeterminism, and their connections to neuroscience
Defended the thesis that the free will debate is partly an empirical question about brain causation
Contributed to debates on the metaphysics of ordinary objects and possibilism