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Michael Lou Martin
Michael Lou Martin | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 3, 1932 |
| Died | May 27, 2015 (aged 83) |
| Education | B.S. (1956), MA (1958), PhD (1962) |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University University of Arizona Harvard University |
| Notable work | The Impossibility of God (2003), Atheism, Morality and Meaning (2002), The Case Against Christianity (1991), Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (1989) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Thesis | Psychoanalysis and Scientific Methodology (1962) |
Main interests | Philosophy of social science, philosophy of law, philosophy of religion, negative atheism |
Notable ideas | The transcendental argument for the nonexistence of God,[1] Pascal's wager as an argument for not believing in God, negative and positive atheism |
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Michael Lou Martin (February 3, 1932 – May 27, 2015) was an American philosopher and former professor at Boston University.[2] Martin specialized in the philosophy of religion, although he also worked on the philosophies of science, law, and social science. He served with the US Marine Corps in Korea.[3]
- ^ Michael Martin, "The Transcendental Argument for the Nonexistence of God", The New Zealand Rationalist & Humanist, Autumn 1996.
- ^ "Michael Martin". Boston University. Archived from the original on 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2007-05-25.; "Michael Martin". Secular Web Kiosk and Bookstore. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- ^ "MICHAEL L. MARTIN's Obituary on Boston Globe". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2016-10-14.
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