Allen Phillips Griffiths (11 June 1927 - 1 December 2014) was a

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professor and snuff enthusiast.

Life

Griffiths was born in

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, in

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. He studied at

University College, Cardiff , latin_name = , image_name = Shield of the University of Cardiff.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms of Cardiff University , motto = cy, Gwirionedd, Undod a Chytgord , mottoeng = Truth, Unity and Concord , established = 1 ...

until 1943. After the Second World War he enlisted in military service. During his time in the military, he was stationed in the

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. Afterwards receiving a B.Phil at

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. He first taught at

University College of Wales, Aberystwyth , mottoeng = A world without knowledge is no world at all , established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wales'') , former_names = University of Wales, Aberystwyth , type = Public , endowment = ...

, before moving to

Birkbeck College , mottoeng = Advice comes over nightTranslation used by Birkbeck. , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £4.3 m (2014) , budget = £109 ...

in 1957. In 1964, Griffiths became a founding professor of the

University of Warwick , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (202 ...

. At the time, he was the youngest professor of philosophy in the UK.

Career

Snuff

Death

Works

* ''Of liberty'' (1983) * (ed.) ''

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'' (1984) * (ed.) '' A.J. Ayer: Memorial Essays'' (1992) * ''Impulse to Philosophise'' (1993) * ''Philosophy, psychology and psychiatry'' (1994) * ''Philosophy and practice'' (2011)

References

External links

"Do we know what knowing is?"
(video) Godfrey Vesey introduces a discussion between

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and Griffiths as to whether knowledge can be satisfactorily defined as justified true belief (

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, 1972). {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Allen Phillips 20th-century Welsh educators Welsh philosophers Academics of Aberystwyth University 1927 births 2014 deaths