Dewi Zephaniah Phillips
Dewi Zephaniah Phillips | |
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Dewi Phillips late in life | |
| Born | 24 November 1934 |
| Died | 25 July 2006 (aged 71) Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Swansea University |
| Philosophical work | |
| 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 |
Dewi Zephaniah Phillips (24 November 1934 – 25 July 2006), was a Welsh philosopher. He was formally known as D. Z. Phillips; he was informally known as Dewi and he was less informally known as DZ.
Phillips was a leading proponent of the Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion.