Wallace Matson

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Wallace Matson
Born1921
Died2012
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship
Philosophical work
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]

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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]

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References

  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.