Dewi Zephaniah Phillips
Dewi Zephaniah Phillips (24 November 1934 – 25 July 2006), known as D. Z. Phillips or simply DZ, was a Welsh philosopher. He was a leading proponent of the Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion. He had an academic career spanning five decades, and at the time of his death he held the Danforth Chair in Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, California, and was Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Swansea University.
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Dewi Phillips late in life | |
| Born | 24 November 1934 Morriston, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Died | 25 July 2006 (aged 71) Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion, ethics, philosophy of literature |
Notable ideas | A new role for the philosophy of religion: not in uniting theology and philosophy, but in recognising and analysing their different functions |
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