Allen Phillips Griffiths Explained
| Allen Phillips Griffiths |
| Birth Date: | 11 June 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Llandaff |
| Nationality: | Welsh |
| Occupation: | Professor |
| Notable Works: | Knowledge and Belief
On Belief |
Allen Phillips Griffiths (11 June 1927 - 1 December 2014) was a Welsh philosopher and snuff enthusiast.
Life
A. Phillips Griffiths (as he was published) or "Griff" (as he was known to colleagues) was born in Llandaff, in Cardiff, Wales on 11 June 1927. He was the son of John Phillips Griffiths (d. 1941) and Elsie Maud née Jones (d. 1975).[1] [2]
After schooling at Whitchurch Cardiff Grammar, in 1943 he began undergraduate studies of History at (the then) University College, Cardiff.[3] His studies were interrupted by national service begun at the end of the war for which he served in the Intelligence Corps and was deployed to the Middle East.
After his military service, he returned to study at Cardiff, graduating with first class honours in 1951. In 1953, under the supervision of Professor H.H. Price, he received a B.Phil. at Oxford.[4] He first taught at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1955–7), before moving to Birkbeck College (1957–64).
In 1964, Griffiths became founding Professor of Philosophy of the new University of Warwick. At the time, he was the youngest professor of philosophy in the UK. He served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor there from 1970 to 1977, retiring in 1992 as professor emeritus. He served as the Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy from 1979 to 1994.
He died on 1 December 2014.
He had been a noted enthusiast of snuff.[5]
Select works
Authored papers/chapters
Edited books
- (ed.) Knowledge and Belief (Oxford, 1967).
- (ed.) Of Liberty,(Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements,15) Cambridge University Press, (1983)
- (ed.) Philosophy and literature (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements,16) (1984)
- (ed.) Philosophy and practice (Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture series: 18) (1985)
- (ed.) Contemporary French philosophy (Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture series: 21) (1987)
- (ed.) Key themes in philosophy (Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture series: 24) (1989)
- (ed.) Wittgenstein centenary essays (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, 28) (1991)
- (ed.) A.J. Ayer: Memorial Essays (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, 30) (1992)
- (ed.) The Impulse to Philosophise (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, 33) (1993)
- (ed.) Ethics (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, 35) (1993)
- (ed.) Philosophy, psychology and psychiatry (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements, 37) (1994)
References
- Web site: Griffiths, Prof. Allen Phillips, (11 June 1927–1 Dec. 2014), Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, 1964–92, then Emeritus; Director, Royal Institute of Philosophy, 1979–94 . 2023-12-13 . WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO . en . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u18228 . Born 11 June 1927; s of John Phillips Griffiths and Elsie Maud (née Jones); m 1st, 1948, Margaret Lock (d 1974); one s one d; 2nd, 1984, Vera Clare (marr. diss. 1990); died 1 Dec. 2014.
- Book: 1995 . . 978-1-870520-24-9 . London . 817 . GRIFFITHS, Prof (Allen) Phillips . https://archive.org/details/peopleoftoday1990000unse/page/817/mode/1up . Internet Archive.
- Web site: Miller . David . In Memoriam: Professor Allen Phillips Griffiths . 25 October 2020 . University of Warwick .
- April 2015 . Allen Phillips Griffiths (1927–2014) . Philosophy . en . 90 . 2 . 361–362 . 10.1017/S0031819115000078 . 0031-8191.
- Web site: Griffiths . Prof. A. Phillips . Snufftaking . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404210926/http://www.modernsnuff.com/griffiths/archive/index.html . 4 April 2019 . 25 October 2020 .
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