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Frank Brown Dilley (17 November 1931 – 18 April 2018) was an American philosopher who served for many years as Chair of the Philosophy Department at University of Delaware.
Biography
Dilley obtained BA and MA degrees from Ohio University, a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary and a PhD from Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University.[1] He became Chair of the Philosophy Department at University of Delaware in 1967. He was influential in bringing the American Philosophical Association headquarters to the University of Delaware.[1] He was executive director of the American Philosophical Association in 1990–1991.[2] Dilley was president of the University of Delaware's Faculty Senate and received the Excellence in Service Award in 1995. He was the co-founder of Delaware Humanities Forum (DHF) and was a member of its council.[1]
Dilley defended substance dualism and theistic finitism.[3][4]
Family
Dilley's father Frank was Director of Admissions at Ohio University, his mother was Geneva Steiner Dilley.[1] He had two brothers and a sister, all academics. [5]
Selected publications
- Metaphysics and Religious Language (1964)[6][7]
- Mind-Brain Interaction and PSI (1988)[8]
- Philosophical Interactions with Parapsychology: The Major Writings of H. H. Price on Parapsychology and Survival (1995)[9]
- A Finite God Reconsidered (2000)[10]
- Taking Consciousness Seriously: A Defense of Cartesian Dualism (2004)[11]
References
- ^ a b c d "Frank B. Dilley, 1931–2018". Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association. 92: 312–314. 2018. JSTOR 26622980.
- ^ "News and Announcements: APA Announcements". American Philosophical Association. 2018. Archived from the original on June 20, 2024.
- ^ Taliaferro, Charles. Substance Dualism: A Defense. (2018). In Angus J. L. Menuge, J. P. Moreland and Jonathan J. Loose. The Blackwell Companion to Substance Dualism. Wiley. p. 57. ISBN 978-1119375265
- ^ Baker, Jacob T. (2012). Mormonism at the Crossroads of Philosophy and Theology: Essays in Honor of David L. Paulsen. Greg Kofford Books. p. 33. ISBN 978-1589581920
- ^ Reed, Mary (2023). "Ohio University and Dilley family unite to make higher education more accessible for West Virginia student". Ohio University. Archived from the original on July 10, 2024.
- ^ Allen, Diogenes (1964). "Metaphysics and Religious Language by Frank B. Dilley". Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review. 4 (4): 552–553. doi:10.1017/S0012217300035794.
- ^ Hick, John (1965). "Metaphysics and Religious Language by Frank B. Dilley". Theology Today. 22 (2): 285–286. doi:10.1177/004057366502200214.
- ^ Dilley, Frank B. (1988). "Mind-Brain Interaction and PSI". The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 26 (4): 469–480.
- ^ Cook, Emily Williams (1997). "Philosophical Interactions with Parapsychology: The Major Writings of H.H. Price on Parapsychology and Survival". Journal of Parapsychology. 61 (4): 353–359.
- ^ Dilley, Frank B. (2000). "A Finite God Reconsidered". International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 47 (1): 29–41. doi:10.1023/A:1003838717365. JSTOR 40036433. S2CID 169766359.
- ^ Dilley, Frank B. (2004). "Taking Consciousness Seriously: A Defense of Cartesian Dualism". International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 55 (3): 135–153. JSTOR 40018285.
