M. R. Anderson

Independent Researcher

I work across metaphysics, philosophy of science, and narrative theory. My research asks what structural conditions make persistence through change intelligible: how identity is maintained, how possible continuations are constrained, and when continuity requires transformation.

I approach these questions through work on identity and structural realism, and through the study of character, genre, and narrative experience. A central aim is to identify recurring structural relationships and clarify the conditions under which they hold.