Samuel Baker
Associate Professor Philosophy Department
Bio
Samuel Baker specializes in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, especially the ethics of Aristotle. He received an MPhil in Classics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University. He has held fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) and the Loeb Classical Library Foundation.
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