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Flew’s change-of-mind about God

by Rick Lewis

Antony Flew – to my delight – wrote for the very first issue of Philosophy Now, back in 1991, and he continued to be a fairly frequent contributor for more than a decade. Therefore although I only met him a handful of times, I did have the luck to have quite a bit of correspondence with him. Flew’s articles generally arrived in heavily-patched, recycled envelopes, often plastered with anti-EU stickers and addressed in his highly recognisable hand. His writing style was elaborate, courteous, sometimes a little fussy, but always clear.

We reprinted Flew’s 1950 paper on ‘Theology and Falsification’ in the Oct/Nov 2000 of Philosophy Now to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its first appearance.

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