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    Waterlow

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy

    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.

    Notable Achievements

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    Authored 'Nature, Change, and Agency in Aristotle's Physics' (1982), a landmark study of Aristotelian natural philosophy

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    Authored 'Passage and Possibility: A Study of Aristotle's Modal Concepts' (1982)

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    Contributed sustained analysis of Aristotelian epistemology and the conditions for false belief

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    Co-authored influential commentary 'Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics' (2002) with Christopher Rowe

    5

    Authored 'Ethics with Aristotle' (1991), bridging ancient and contemporary moral philosophy

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    Philosophy of Language

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    No empiricist account can adequately explain how false belief is possible

    Truth & Knowledge

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    No empiricist account can adequately explain how false belief is possible

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