Gordon Park Baker (born at Englewood, New Jersey, 20 April 1938; died at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 25 June 2002) was an American-English philosopher. Englewood is a city located in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26203 Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Woodstock is a small Town in Oxfordshire, England which is home to Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. His topics of interest included Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gottlob Frege, Friedrich Waismann, Bertrand Russell, the Vienna Circle, and René Descartes. Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege ( 8 November 1848, Wismar, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin &ndash 26 July 1925 Friedrich Waismann ( March 21, 1896 - November 4, 1959) was an Austrian mathematician physicist and philosopher Bertrand Arthur William Russell 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970 was a British Philosopher, Historian The Vienna Circle (in German: der Wiener Kreis) was a group of philosophers who gathered around Moritz Schlick when he He was noted for his collaboration with Peter Hacker and his disagreements with Michael Dummett. Peter Michael Stephan Hacker (born 15 July[[ 939]] in London is a British philosopher Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett FBA DLitt (born 1925 is a leading British Philosopher.
He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard University (major in mathematics), and, as a Marshall Scholar, at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he intended to read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics but transferred to Literae Humaniores (1960). Phillips Exeter Academy (also called Exeter, Phillips Exeter or PEA) is a Co-educational independent Boarding school for grades 9–12 Marshall Scholarships awards a graduating American undergraduate can receive created by the British Parliament when the Marshall Aid Commemoration Act was The Queen's College, founded 1341 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Philosophy Politics and Economics or Politics Philosophy and Economics (often abbreviated to PPE) is a popular Interdisciplinary degree which Literae Humaniores is the name given to the study of Classics at Oxford and some other universities He pursued his doctorate (1963-70) while teaching at the University of Kent and latterly as a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford. The University of Kent is a plate glass campus University in Kent, England. __FORCETOC__ St John's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
He was a Trustee of the Waismann Fund.
His other interests included real tennis and the harpsichord. Real tennis is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis or Tennis, is descended A harpsichord is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard.
He was married to Ann Pimlott (1964), with whom he had three sons, Alan, Geoffrey, and Nicholas. From 1992 until his death the philosopher Katherine Morris (Mansfield College, Oxford) was his acknowledged companion. Mansfield College is one of the 39 constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.
Bibliography
- Wittgenstein : Understanding and Meaning, Volume 1 of an analytical commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell, Oxford, and Chicago University Press, Chicago, 1980)(ISBN 0-631-12111-0)(ISBN 1-4051-0176-8)(ISBN 1-4051-1987-X), co-authored with P. M. S Hacker.
- Frege : Logical Excavations, (Blackwell, Oxford, O. U. P. , N. Y. , 1984) (ISBN 0-19-503261-6) co-authored with P. M. S Hacker.
- Language, Sense and Nonsense, a critical investigation into modern theories of language (Blackwell, 1984) (ISBN 0-631-13519-7) co-authored with P. M. S Hacker.
- Scepticism, Rules and Language (Blackwell, 1984) (ISBN 0-631-13614-2) co-authored with P. M. S Hacker.
- Wittgenstein : Rules, Grammar, and Necessity - Volume 2 of an analytical commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell, Oxford, UK and Cambridge, Mass. USA, 1985) (ISBN 0-631-13024-1)(ISBN 0-631-16188-0) co-authored with P. M. S Hacker.
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