Wallace Matson Explained
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
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
- 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]
Notes and References
- Craig . William L. . Wallace matson and the crude cosmological argument . Australasian Journal of Philosophy . 1 June 1979 . 57 . 2 . 163–170 . 10.1080/00048407912341171 . 0004-8402.
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/matson-wallace-i "Wallace I. Matson"
- https://ixtheo.de/Record/1134654383 "The Warren-Matson debate on the existence of God"
- https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780199812691 "Grand Theories and Everyday Beliefs: Science, Philosophy, and Their Histories"