b. 1941
Sarah Waterlow (later Broadie) is a contemporary philosopher specializing in ancient Greek philosophy, particularly Aristotle's metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of nature. Her work rigorously examines classical frameworks for understanding change, possibility, and cognition, often in critical dialogue with modern empiricist and analytic positions. She is Professor Emerita of Moral Philosophy at the University of St Andrews.
Authored 'Nature, Change, and Agency in Aristotle's Physics' (1982), a landmark study of Aristotelian natural philosophy
Authored 'Passage and Possibility: A Study of Aristotle's Modal Concepts' (1982)
Contributed sustained analysis of Aristotelian epistemology and the conditions for false belief
Co-authored influential commentary 'Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics' (2002) with Christopher Rowe
Authored 'Ethics with Aristotle' (1991), bridging ancient and contemporary moral philosophy