Philosopher Antony Flew Dies at 87
Antony Flew was known, for most of his career, as a rationalist, a Humean, and an atheist. His controversial essay, “The Presumption of Atheism,” raised a slew of debate on methodology in philosophy of religion. In an interesting twist, Flew recanted his former views on the existence of God in 2004, and in 2007 published, There is a God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind. Though never adopting Christianity or any other religious worldview, Flew attributed his change to a reconsideration of two of Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways (Way 1, the argument for a prime mover and Way 5, the argument from design). After extended consideration, Flew concluded that DNA research has “shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce life, that intelligence must have been involved.”
Flew died on 8 April, 2010, after a prolonged illness.
For more on Flew’s life and work, read an obituary at the following link:
