| Antony Flew  AKA Antony Garrard Newton Flew
Born: 11-Feb-1923
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 8-Apr-2010
Location of death: Reading, Berkshire, England
Cause of death: Illness
Remains: Buried, Highgate Cemetery East, London, England
Gender: Male
Religion: Deist [1]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Philosopher Nationality: England
Executive summary: British Libertarian philosopher Military service: RAF (intelligence officer, WWII, 1943-45)
[1] Born into a Methodist family, he long considered himself Atheist, announced in 2004 that he had become a Deist.
Wife: Annis Harty (m. 28-Jun-1952, two daughters)
Daughter: (b. 11-Jul-1961)
Daughter: (b. 8-Mar-1964)
High School: St. Faith's Preparatory School, Cambridge (1930-36)
High School: Kingswood School, Bath (1936-41)
University: School of Oriental and African Studies (1942-43)
University: Litterae Humaniores, St John's College, Oxford University (1947)
Teacher: Lecturer in Philosophy, Christ Church, Oxford University (1949-50)
Teacher: Lecturer, University of Aberdeen (1950-54)
Professor: Philosophy, University of Keele (1954-74)
Professor: Philosophy, University of Reading (1973-82)
Professor: York University Toronto (1983-85, part time)
Western Goals Institute Vice President
Author of books:
A New Approach to Psychical Research (1953, philosophy)
Hume's Philosophy of Belief (1961, philosphy)
God and Philosophy (1966, philosophy)
Evolutionary Ethics (1967, philosophy)
An Introduction to Western Philosophy (1971, philosophy)
Crime or Disease? (1973)
Thinking about Thinking (1975, philosophy)
The Presumption of Atheism (1976, philosophy)
Sociology, Equality and Education: Philosophical Essays in Defence of a Variety of Differences (1976, philosophy)
A Raional Animal: Philosophical Essays on the Nature of Man (1978, philosophy)
Philosophy: An Introduction (1979, philosophy)
The Politics of Procrustes: Contradictions of Enforced Equality (1981, philosophy)
Darwinian Evolution (1984)
David Hume: Philosophy of Moral Science (1986, philosophy)
The Logic of Mortality (1987, philosophy)
Power to the Parents: Reversing Educational Decline (1987, education)
Equality in Liberty and Justice (1989)
Atheistic Humanism (1993, philosophy)
Shephard's Warning: Setting Schools Back on Course (1994, education)
Social Life and Moral Judgment (2003, philosophy)
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