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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.

Biography

Matson was Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley (1955-1991) and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University of Washington 1950–1955. Matson was an atheist. In 1978, he debated Thomas B. Warren on the existence of God.

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

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.

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