Michael Lou Martin
Michael Lou Martin | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 3, 1932 |
| Died | May 27, 2015 (aged 83) |
| Education | |
| Education | B.S. (1956), MA (1958), PhD (1962) |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University University of Arizona Harvard University |
| Thesis | Psychoanalysis and Scientific Methodology (1962) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Main interests | Philosophy of social science, philosophy of law, philosophy of religion, negative atheism |
| Notable works | The Impossibility of God (2003), Atheism, Morality and Meaning (2002), The Case Against Christianity (1991), Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (1989) |
| 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 |
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.