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Wallace Matson

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Wallace Matson
Born1921
Died2012
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Doctoral studentsBrian 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

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Wallace I. Matson". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ "The Warren-Matson debate on the existence of God". Index Theologicus. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and Their Histories". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2021.