Allan James "Jim" Baker (22 July 1922 – 3 March 2017), usually cited as A. J. Baker, was an Australian

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

who was best known for having systematised the realist philosophy of John Anderson. He studied under Anderson at

Sydney University The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

and had taught philosophy in Scotland, New Zealand, the United States and Australia. He was a prominent member of the Sydney Libertarians and the Sydney Push.The Push - Australia's Culture Portal
He instigated, and was a prolific contributor to, several journals, compilations and newsletters that addressed issues, philosophical and otherwise, associated with Sydney Libertarianism. Among these were ''Libertarian'' (1957–1960), ''Broadsheet'' (1960 - 1979), ''The Sydney Line: A Selection of Comments and Criticisms'' (1963), ''Heraclitus'' (1980–2006) and ''The Sydney Realist'' (2005–). In 1997 he published a monograph, ''Social Pluralism: A Realistic Analysis'', in which he posited his exposition of human social life.

Bibliography

*''Anderson's Social Philosophy: The Social Thought and Political Life of Professor John Anderson'', Sydney: Angus and Robertson (1979) *
Australian Realism: The Systematic Philosophy of John Anderson
', Cambridge University Press (1986) *''Social Pluralism: A Realistic Analysis'', Wild and Woolley, Glebe NSW (1997).

References

2017 deaths 20th-century Australian philosophers Australian libertarians University of Sydney alumni Analytic philosophers 1922 births Social philosophers {{Australia-philosopher-stub