Michael Lou Martin | |
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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 |
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]