Michael Martin

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. He earned his Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University in 1956, a Master of Arts in philosophy from the University of Arizona in 1958, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University in 1962. He was appointed assistant professor at the University of Colorado in 1962 and moved to Boston University in 1965, where he was appointed Professor of Philosophy Emeritus. Martin was a proponent of negative and positive atheism and authored several books on the subject, including "Atheism: A Philosophical Justification" and "The Case Against Christianity." He passed away on May 27, 2015, at the age of 83.