D. H. Mellor

David Hugh Mellor (; 10 July 1938 – 21 June 2020) was a British philosopher. He was a Professor of Philosophy and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, later Professor Emeritus, of the University of Cambridge.

Biography Mellor was born in London on 10 July 1938, and educated at Manchester Grammar School. He studied chemical engineering at Pembroke College, Cambridge (BA 1960). He also commented that it had been "a bad year for bullshit in Cambridge."

Mellor 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 held the title of emeritus professor.

A Festschrift, Real Metaphysics: Essays in Honour of D. H. Mellor, was published in 2003.

Mellor was also an amateur theatre actor.

Publications Authored The Matter of Chance (1971) – online. Real Time (1981). Cambridge University Press. Matters of Metaphysics (1991). Cambridge University Press. The Facts of Causation (1995). Routledge. Real Time II (1998). Routledge. Probability: A Philosophical Introduction (2005). Routledge. Mind, Meaning, and Reality (2012). Oxford University Press Edited Prospects for Pragmatism: Essays in Memory of F P Ramsey (1980) Science, Belief and Behaviour Essays in Honour of R B Braithwaite.(1980) F. P. Ramsey: Philosophical Papers. Cambridge University Press. (1990) (with Hallvard Lillehammer) Ramsey's Legacy (2005)

For more complete publication details see the tribute page by Tim Crane.