David Hugh Mellor

D. H. Mellor
Born (1938-07-10) July 10, 1938
London
Doctoral students Tim Crane
Huw Price
Jeremy Butterfield
Website
http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/dhm11/

David Hugh Mellor (born 10 July 1938), also known as Hugh Mellor and usually cited as D. H. Mellor, is an English philosopher. He is a former Professor of Philosophy and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, now Professor Emeritus, of Cambridge University.

Biography

Mellor was born in London. After studying chemical engineering at university, he took up philosophy.

His primary work is metaphysics, although his philosophical interests include philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, probability, time and causation, laws of nature and properties, and decision theory. Mellor was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Darwin College from 1971 to 2005. As a professor he was the subject of extensive media coverage as the main opponent of the conferment of an honorary degree in philosophy to the French philosopher Jacques Derrida.

He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1992 to 1993, a member of the Humanist Philosophers' Group of the British Humanist Association and Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He was a Fellow of the British Academy between 1983 and 2008. In retirement Mellor now holds the title of Emeritus Professor.[1][2]

Mellor is also an amateur theatre actor.

Publications

References

  1. University of Cambridge (updated on December 13, 2011) © 2008 University of Cambridge, Faculty of Philosophy, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA Retrieved 2012-01-25
  2. Hugh Mellor's web pages. Retrieved 26 October 2005
  3. 216 pages CUP Archive, 31 May 1985 Retrieved 2012-01-25 ISBN 0-521-28468-6
  4. 146 pages Routledge, 22 Jun 1998 Retrieved 2012-01-25 ISBN 0-415-09781-9


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