![Philosopher Jim Baker who was a prominent member of the "Sydney Push".](/web/20170322065435im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/3/m/8/h/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gv0cvb.png/1490156725040.jpg)
Leader of Bohemian circle 'Sydney Push' argued philosopy over an ale
Allan James "Jim" Baker, who has died aged 94, was one of Australia's more interesting philosophers, intellectuals, and gadflies. He was a prominent member of the Sydney Push, the Bohemian intellectual circle that met in Sydney's city and inner-city pubs from the late 1940s.