Samuel Baker
Associate Professor Philosophy Department
Bio
Samuel Baker (Ph.D., Princeton) specializes in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, especially the ethics and epistemology of Aristotle.
Research Interests
- Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Selected Publications
- "Nicomachean Revision in the Common Books: The Case of NE 6. (鈮�EE 5.) 2," Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 63 (2024): 193-236.
- "'In a Complete Life' (NE I 7, 1198a18): Aristotle on the Human Good, Time and Immortality," Ancient Philosophy, forthcoming
- "A Monistic Conclusion to Aristotle's Ergon Argument: The Human Good as the Best Achievement of a Human," Archiv fu虉r Geschichte der Philosophie 103.3 (2021): 373-403
- "Aristotle on the Nature and Politics of Medicine," Apeiron, 54.4 (2021): 411-449
- "What is the 'best and most perfect virtue'?" Analysis 79 (2019): 387-393
- 鈥淭he Metaphysics of Goodness in the Ethics of Aristotle,鈥� Philosophical Studies 174 (2017), 1839-1856
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鈥淭he Concept of Ergon: Towards an Achievement Interpretation of Aristotle鈥檚 鈥楩unction Argument鈥�,鈥� Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 48 (2015): 227-266
Courses
- PHL 131 Introduction to Ethics
- PHL 240 Western Philosophy: Classical
- PHL 351 Philosophy of Religion
- PHL 433 Advanced Ethical Theory
- LG 101 and 102 Introductory Latin
- LG 201 and 202 Intermediate Latin
- LG 141 and 142 Introductory Classical Greek