Phillips, Dewi Zephaniah

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PHILLIPS, Dewi Zephaniah

PHILLIPS, Dewi Zephaniah. Welsh, b. 1934. Genres: Education, Philosophy, Theology/Religion. Career: University of Wales, Swansea, lecturer, 1965-67, sr. lecturer, 1967-70, professor of Philosophy, 1971-96, Rush Rhees research professor, 1996-2002, professor emeritus, Rush Rhees professor emeritus, and director of Associated Centre for Wittgensteinian Studies, 2002-; Danforth professor of Philosophy of Religion, Claremont Graduate School, CA, 1992-. Lecturer, Queen's College, Dundee, 1961-63, and University College, Bangor, 1963-65. Ed., Philosophical Investigations; general ed. (with M. von der Ruhs), Claremont Studies in Philosophy of Religion (Palgrave); general ed., Wittgensteinian Studies (Ashgate). Publications: The Concept of Prayer, 1965; (with H.O. Mounce) Moral Practices, 1970; Death and Immortality, 1970; Faith and Philosophical Enquiry, 1970; (with I. Dilman) Sense and Delusion, 1971; Athronyddu Am Grefydd, 1974; Religion without Explanation, 1976; Dramau Gwenlyn Parry, 1982; Through a Darkening Glass: Philosophy, Literature, and Social Change, 1982; Belief, Change and Forms of Life, 1986; R.S. Thomas: Poet of the Hidden God, 1986; Faith after Foundationalism, 1988; From Fantasy to Faith, 1991; Interventions in Ethics, 1992; Wittgenstein and Religion, 1993; Writers of Wales: J.R. Jones, 1995; Introducing Philosophy, 1996; Philosophy's Cool Place, 1999; Recovering Religious Concepts, 2000; Religion and the Hermeneutics of Contemplation, 2001. EDITOR: Religion and Understanding, 1967; J.L. Stocks, Morality and Purpose, 1969; R. Rhees, On Religion and Philosophy, 1997; R. Rhees, Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Discourse, 1998; R. Rhees, Moral Questions, 1999; R. Rhees, Discussions of Simone Weil, 1999. Address: School of Religion, Claremont Graduate University, 831 N Dartmouth Ave, Claremont, CA 91711, U.S.A.

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