Alan Baker (philosopher)
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Alan R. Baker is a professor of Philosophy in Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania, USA), specializing in the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of science. He is also a former U.S. shogi champion and created the only active shogi club at an American university.
Academic career
Baker did his undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy with first class honours in 1991. He then moved to the U.S. for graduate school, earning a master's degree in 1995 and a Ph.D. in 1999, both in philosophy from Princeton University. His doctoral supervisors were Paul Benacerraf and Gideon Rosen. After working as an assistant professor at Xavier University, he moved to Swarthmore in 2003.[1][2]
Philosophically, Baker is a mathematical realist who has used examples from evolutionary biology to show the necessity of mathematics in scientific reasoning.[3]
In 2005 the New York Times published an excerpt from the exam from his “Introduction to Metaphysics and Epistemology” course in its “pop quiz” column.[4][5]
Shogi
Alan Baker has played shogi since 1996 and holds 29th place on the FESA list as of June 1, 2014.[6] His highest place on the FESA list was 19th, on January 1, 2009.
In 2005 he founded a shogi club at Swarthmore College, outside Philadelphia, which is the only active college-based shogi club in the U.S.[7]
Tournament results:
- 2008: Champion of the 13th U.S. Shogi championship.[7]
- 2008: 3rd place at individual tournament of 4th International Shogi Forum (Tendō).[8]
- 2009: 2nd place at British Open Shogi Championship.[9]
- 2014: 1st place at group B of individual tournament of 6th International Shogi Forum (Shizuoka)[10]
References
- ↑ Curriculum vitae (October 2012), retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ↑ Alan R. Baker at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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- ↑ 4th International Shogi Forum(Russian)
- ↑ Alan Baker: FESA profile
- ↑ 6th International Shogi Forum, Shizuoka
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