Allen Phillips Griffiths
Allen Phillips Griffiths | |
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| File:Allen Phillips Griffiths - philosopher (1927 - 2014) in 1971.jpg A. Phillips Griffiths (in 1971) | |
| Born | 11 June 1927 |
| Died | 1 December 2014 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Notable work | Knowledge and Belief On Belief |
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Allen Phillips Griffiths (11 June 1927 - 1 December 2014) was a Welsh philosopher and snuff enthusiast.
Life
[edit | edit source]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.[1] He was the son of John Phillips Griffiths (d. 1941) and Elsie Maud née Jones (d. 1975).[2][3]
After schooling at Whitchurch Cardiff Grammar,[1] in 1943 he began undergraduate studies of History at (the then) University College, Cardiff.[4] 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.[4]
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,[1] he received a B.Phil. at Oxford.[4][5] He first taught at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1955–7),[1] before moving to Birkbeck College (1957–64).[4][1]
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.[4][1] He served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor there from 1970 to 1977, retiring in 1992 as professor emeritus.[1] He served as the Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy from 1979 to 1994.[5]
He died on 1 December 2014.[5][4]
He had been a noted enthusiast of snuff.[4][6]
Select works
[edit | edit source]Authored papers/chapters
- (1956) "Formulating Moral Principles" Mind. 65 (1): 38–48.
- (1957) ‘"Justifying Moral Principles" Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. 58: 103–124
- (1963) "On Belief’" Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, vol. 63 (1962–3) Reprinted in Knowledge and Belief (1967)
- (1967) "Ultimate Moral Principles: Their Justification" in: (ed.) Edwards, Paul ( Encyclopedia of Philosophy vol. 8, pp. 177–82
- (1972) "A Deduction of Universities" in: (ed.) Archambault, Reginald D Philosophical Analysis and Education
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)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- "Do we know what knowing is?" (video) Godfrey Vesey introduces a discussion between Martha Kneale and Griffiths as to whether knowledge can be satisfactorily defined as justified true belief (Open University, 1972).
- "Kant 2 : moral conflict" (video) Oswald Hanfling introduces a discussion between Griffiths and Bernard WIlliams (OU, 1972).
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