
Samuel Baker
Bio
Samuel Baker (Ph.D., Princeton) specializes in ancient philosophy, especially the ethics and epistemology of Aristotle.
Research Interests
- Ancient Philosophy
Selected Publications
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“The Concept of Ergon: Towards an Achievement Interpretation of Aristotle’s ‘Function Argument’,” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 48 (2015), 227-266
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“The Metaphysics of Goodness in the Ethics of Aristotle,” Philosophical Studies 174 (2017), 1839-1856
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"What is the 'best and most perfect virtue'?" Analysis 79 (2019): 387-393
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"A Monistic Conclusion to Aristotle's Ergon Argument: The Human Good as the Best Achievement of a Human," Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 103.3 (2021): 373-403
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"Aristotle on the Nature and Politics of Medicine," Apeiron, 54.4 (2021): 411-449
Courses
- PHL 131 Introduction to Ethics
- PHL 240 Western Philosophy: Classical
- PHL 351 Philosophy of Religion
- PHL 333 Biomedical Ethics
- LG 101 and 102 Introductory Latin
- LG 201 and 202 Intermediate Latin
- LG 141 and 142 Introductory Classical Greek