Maya Eddon

Maya Eddon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst since 2007. She holds a PhD from Rutgers University and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University. Her research focuses on analytic metaphysics, particularly quantity, naturalness, properties, laws of nature, and mereology. She has contributed to debates on the metaphysics of parthood, intrinsic explanations, and the structure of quantitative properties.

Education:

• PhD in Philosophy, Rutgers University
• Bachelor's degree, Princeton University

Research Interests:

• Investigating the nature of quantitative properties and their structural foundations
• Exploring metaphysical naturalness and the role of fundamental properties
• Analyzing parthood as a fundamental relation and its implications for metaphysical independence
• Debating issues in intrinsicality, hyperintensionality, and persistence

Advising & Grants: While no specific advisees are listed, her research program reflects sustained engagement with graduate and undergraduate mentorship in metaphysics. No grant details are provided in the available texts.

Labs/Teams: No specific lab affiliations are mentioned, though her work is part of the broader metaphysics research community at UMass Amherst.