Dr Tom Baker
Associate Lecturer
Research areas
I work in aesthetics and philosophy of art, with particular interests in some topics overlapping with issues in ethics, epistemology and philosophy of mind. My doctoral research investigated the limits of the aesthetic and defended the view that responses involving the so-called ‘lower-senses’ (e.g. smell, taste, and touch) are relevant to our aesthetic appreciation of art and non-art artefacts. My current research is concerned with moral learning from fiction, the reliability of aesthetic introspection, and the role of epistemic injustice in the marginalisation of various aesthetic practices.
Selected publications
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Open access
Net primary productivity and litter decomposition rates in two distinct Amazonian peatlands
Dargie, G. C., del Aguila-Pasquel, J., Córdova Oroche, C. J., Irarica Pacaya, J., Reyna Huaymacari, J., Baker, T. R., Hastie, A., Honorio Coronado, E. N., Lewis, S. L., Roucoux, K. H., Mitchard, E. T., Williams, M., Draper, F. C. H. & Lawson, I. T., Aug 2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 8, e17436.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review