| Peter A. Angeles | |
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| Born | (1931-02-21)February 21, 1931 Ambridge, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 2, 2004(2004-03-02) (aged 73) |
| Occupation(s) | Philosopher, writer |
Peter Adam Angeles (February 21, 1931 – March 2, 2004) was an American philosopher and atheist writer.
Angeles was born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. He obtained his BA, MS and PhD from Columbia University. He taught philosophy at the University of Western Ontario for 14 years. He taught philosophy at University of California, Santa Barbara (1968–1969) on a Canada Council Fellowship. He moved to Santa Barbara in 1970. He was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at Santa Barbara City College (1970–1990).
In 1981, Angeles authored The Dictionary of Philosophy which was republished and revised as HarperCollins Dictionary of Philosophy in 1992. He was also the author of the Dictionary of Christian Theology (1985). Angeles was an atheist. He was the editor of Critiques of God (1976) and authored The Problem of God (1981).
Angeles died on March 2, 2004, from cancer.
Selected publications
- The Possible Dream-Toward Understanding the Black Experience (1971)
- Critiques of God: Making the Case Against Belief in God (1976, 1997)
- Introduction to Sentential Logic (1976)
- The Dictionary of Philosophy (1981)
- The Problem of God: A Short Introduction (1981)
- Dictionary of Christian Theology (1985)
References
- ^ "Dr. Peter Adam Angeles". SBCC Legacy Project. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- "HarperCollins Dictionary of Philosophy, 2nd Edition". HarperCollins. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- Allen, Charles W. "Reviewed Work: Dictionary of Christian Theology by Peter A. Angeles". The Journal of Religion. 66 (2): 230. doi:10.1086/487389.
- Siniscalchi, Glenn B. (2018). "Contemporary Trends in Atheist Criticism of Thomistic Natural Theology". The Heythrop Journal. 59 (4): 689–706. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2265.2012.00777.x.
- 1931 births
- 2004 deaths
- 20th-century American philosophers
- American atheists
- American writers on atheism
- Atheist philosophers
- Columbia University alumni
- Deaths from cancer in the United States
- People from Ambridge, Pennsylvania
- University of California, Santa Barbara faculty
- Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario