Wallace Matson
Wallace Matson | |
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| Born | 1921 |
| Died | 2012 |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral students | Brian E. O'Neil |
Wallace I. Matson (1921-2012) was an American philosopher and a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his works on the existence of God.[1]
Biography[edit]
Matson was Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley (1955-1991) and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University of Washington 1950–1955.[2] Matson was an atheist. In 1978, he debated Thomas B. Warren on the existence of God.[3]
Books[edit]
- The Existence of God (1965)
- Sentience (1976)
- A History of Philosophy (1968), revised and published in 2 volumes as A New History of Philosophy (1987), and revised again (2000)
- The Warren-Matson Debate on the Existence of God (1978)
- Uncorrected Papers (2006)
- Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and Their Histories, Oxford University Press, 2011[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Craig, William L. (1 June 1979). "Wallace matson and the crude cosmological argument". Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 57 (2): 163–170. doi:10.1080/00048407912341171. ISSN 0004-8402.
- ^ "Wallace I. Matson". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "The Warren-Matson debate on the existence of God". Index Theologicus. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and Their Histories". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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