Michael Lou Martin
Michael Lou Martin (February 3, 1932 – May 27, 2015) was an American philosopher and former professor at Boston University. 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.
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, Pascal's wager as an argument for not believing in God, negative and positive atheism |
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