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British author (1932–2021)

Graham Dunstan Martin
Born21 October 1932
Leeds
Died27 March 2021
OccupationAuthor

Graham Dunstan Martin (21 October 1932, Leeds – 27 March 2021) was a British author, translator, and philologist.

Martin was an opponent of materialist philosophy. He was the author of Does It Matter?: The Unsustainable World of the Materialists which gravitates towards idealism and neutral monism as an alternative. He also authored Living On Purpose: Meaning, Intention and Value which argued for purpose and value in the universe.

Selected publications

Fiction

Non-fiction

  • Shadows in the Cave: Mapping the Conscious Universe (London: Penguin Arkana, 1990) ISBN 9780140192230
  • An Inquiry into the Purposes of Speculative Fiction – Fantasy and Truth (Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2003) ISBN 9780773467354
  • Living on Purpose: Meaning, Intention and Value (Floris, 2008) ISBN 9780863156328
  • Does It Matter?: The Unsustainable World of the Materialists. Edinburgh: Floris, 2005. ISBN 9780863155338
  • Language Truth and Poetry: Notes Towards a Philosophy of Literature. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1975. OCLC 1014865378
  • The Architecture of Experience: A Discussion of the Role of Language and Literature in the Construction of the World. Edinburgh: At the University Press, 1981. ISBN 9780852244098

Edited

  • Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1975. OCLC 1470077

Translated

References

  1. ^ “Martin, Graham Dunstan” The Encyclopedia of the Science Fiction
  2. "Mr Graham Dunstan Martin" Dignity Funerals
  3. Marshall, Paul (2007). "Book Review: Does It Matter? The Unsustainable World of the Materialists" (PDF). Journal of Consciousness Studies. 14 (4): 117–128.
  4. Egan, Anthony (2012). "Living On Purpose: Meaning, Intention and Value". The Heythrop Journal. 53 (4): 700–701. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2265.2012.00748_12.x.
  5. ^ Bookfinder
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