Lynne Rudder Baker unexpectedly died a year ago. She has been a member of the Advisory Board of Philosophical Explorations for a very long time and an advocate of the journal’s mission to overcome traditional boundaries between disciplines and schools of thought. Lynne Rudder Baker defended a view called “practical realism”, according to which the core notions that define our everyday human world are irreducible. They are not secondclass, to be replaced by science in the long run. In a very impressive oeuvre of 5 books, 87 papers and 62 book chapters, she explains why the world of persons, intentional attitudes, social institutions, language and artefacts, agency and moral responsibility is as real as the world of the physical sciences. Practical realism is an attack on scientism, reductionism and eliminativism as different forms of anti-realism with respect to these notions, and a defense of the first-person perspective as a condition for agency, for assessing one’s beliefs and desires, and for moral responsibility. It is a very rich, detailed and coherent philosophy that takes a strong stance on the one hand, but is nuanced and most certainly not anti-scientific on the other. While she had clear influences, ranging from American pragmatism andWittgenstein to Aristotle, Lynne Baker’s style of doing philosophy is unique. It is deeply human in its concern to protect notions that are essential to defining the value of human life, and in that sense more related to the existential themes that continental philosophy is known for. At the same time her writing is characterized by the razor sharp, crystal clear precision that distinguishes only the best analytic philosophy. It is this combination that leads to a long list of highly valuable arguments, insights and proposals that makes Lynne Baker’s oeuvre an important and lasting contribution to philosophy. As a person, Lynne was equally impressive: she was a very warm personality, not interested in status, but deeply interested in other people and their views. She was an openminded all-round intellectual with a strong interest in art, music and history—and part of an inspiring and inseparable duo with her husband Tom Baker. We will miss her dearly as a colleague and friend, and are grateful for her contributions to the journal.

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Lynne Rudder Baker一年前意外去世。她长期以来一直是哲学探索咨询委员会的成员，并倡导该杂志克服学科与思想流派之间的传统界限的使命。琳恩·鲁德·贝克（Lynne Rudder Baker）捍卫了一种称为“实践现实主义”的观点，根据该观点，定义我们日常人类世界的核心观念是不可还原的。从长远来看，它们不是一流的，而是被科学取代的。她以令人印象深刻的五本书，八十七篇论文和六十二本书的章节为题，解释了为什么人的世界，故意的态度，社会制度，语言和手工艺品，代理和道德责任与物理科学的世界一样真实。实践现实主义是对科学主义的攻击，还原主义和消极主义是对这些概念的不同形式的反现实主义，并捍卫了第一人称视角，作为代理，评估一个人的信念和愿望以及道德责任的条件。这是一种非常丰富，详细和连贯的哲学，一方面采取强硬立场，但另一方面却细微差别，而且绝非反科学。从美国的实用主义，维特根斯坦（Wittgenstein）到亚里斯多德（Aristotle），她都有着明显的影响力，林恩·贝克（Lynne Baker）的哲学作风却是独一无二的。保护对于定义人类生命的价值至关重要的观念是人类的关注，从这个意义上讲，它与大陆哲学闻名的生存主题更为相关。同时她的作品以锋利的剃刀为特征，水晶般清晰的精度仅能区分最佳分析哲学。正是这种结合导致了众多有价值的论据，见解和提议，使琳妮·贝克的作品成为对哲学的重要而持久的贡献。作为一个人，琳恩同样令人印象深刻：她性格非常热情，对地位不感兴趣，但对其他人及其观点深感兴趣。她是一个思想开放，全面的知识分子，对艺术，音乐和历史有着浓厚的兴趣-她是与丈夫汤姆·贝克（Tom Baker）富有启发性且密不可分的二人组的一部分。我们将非常想念她作为同事和朋友的情况，并感谢她对日记的贡献。这些见解和建议使Lynne Baker的作品成为对哲学的重要而持久的贡献。作为一个人，琳恩同样令人印象深刻：她性格非常热情，对地位不感兴趣，但对其他人及其观点深感兴趣。她是一个思想开放，全面的知识分子，对艺术，音乐和历史有着浓厚的兴趣-她是与丈夫汤姆·贝克（Tom Baker）富有启发性且密不可分的二人组的一部分。我们将非常想念她作为同事和朋友的情况，并感谢她对日记的贡献。这些见解和建议使Lynne Baker的作品成为对哲学的重要而持久的贡献。作为一个人，琳恩同样令人印象深刻：她性格非常热情，对地位不感兴趣，但对其他人及其观点深感兴趣。她是一个思想开放，全面的知识分子，对艺术，音乐和历史有着浓厚的兴趣-她是与丈夫汤姆·贝克（Tom Baker）富有启发性且密不可分的二人组的一部分。我们将非常想念她作为同事和朋友的情况，并感谢她对日记的贡献。音乐和历史-与她的丈夫汤姆·贝克（Tom Baker）富有启发性且密不可分的二重奏的一部分。我们将非常想念她作为同事和朋友的情况，并感谢她对日记的贡献。音乐和历史-与她的丈夫汤姆·贝克（Tom Baker）富有启发性且密不可分的二重奏的一部分。我们将非常想念她作为同事和朋友的情况，并感谢她对日记的贡献。