Biography:Peter A. Angeles

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Short description: American philosopher and atheist writer
Peter A. Angeles
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Born
Ambridge, Pennsylvania
DiedMarch 2, 2004(2004-03-02) (aged 73)
OccupationPhilosopher, writer

Peter Adam Angeles (February 21, 1931 – March 2, 2004) was an American philosopher and atheist writer.

Angeles was born in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.[1] He obtained his BA, MS and PhD from Columbia University. He taught philosophy at the University of Western Ontario for 14 years.[1] He taught philosophy at University of California, Santa Barbara (1968–1969) on a Canada Council Fellowship.[1] He moved to Santa Barbara in 1970. He was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at Santa Barbara City College (1970–1990).[1]

In 1981, Angeles authored The Dictionary of Philosophy which was republished and revised as HarperCollins Dictionary of Philosophy in 1992.[2] He was also the author of the Dictionary of Christian Theology (1985).[3] Angeles was an atheist.[4] He was the editor of Critiques of God (1976) and authored The Problem of God (1981).

Angeles died on March 2, 2004, from cancer.[1]

Selected publications

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Dr. Peter Adam Angeles". SBCC Legacy Project. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  2. "HarperCollins Dictionary of Philosophy, 2nd Edition". HarperCollins. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. Allen, Charles W.. "Reviewed Work: Dictionary of Christian Theology by Peter A. Angeles". The Journal of Religion 66 (2): 230. doi:10.1086/487389. 
  4. 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.