Brief Biography of

Michael Martin

Name: Michael Martin

Position: Professor of Philosophy Emeritus

Education:

• Ph.D. (Philosophy) Harvard University, 1962
• M.A. (Philosophy) University of Arizona, 1958
• B.S. (Bus. Ad.) Arizona State University, 1956

Teaching Positions:

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   Professor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1975-1996
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   Associate Professor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1969-1975
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   Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1965-1969
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   Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado, 1962-1965

Major Areas of Interest:

• Philosophy of Religion
• Philosophy of Social Science
• Philosophy of Law

Post Doctoral Research Grants, Fellowships, and Visiting Professorships

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   Visiting Professor, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Fall Semester, 1995
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   Liberal Arts Fellowship in Law and Philosophy, Harvard Law School. (1979-1980)
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   Post Doctoral Fellowship at The Center for The Advanced Study of Theoretical Psychology, University of Alberta. (1969-1970)
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   Summer research grant from Boston University to study the objectivity of the social sciences. (1971)
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   Summer research grant from Boston University to study anthropological theory and method. (1967)
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   Summer research grant from Boston University to study anthropological theory and method. (1966)

Publications:

Books:

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   The Myth of an Afterlife: The Case Against Life After Death (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) with Keith Augustine
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   The Cambridge Companion to Atheism (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006) [Translated into Portuguese (2007) and Finnish (2011)]
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   The Improbability of God (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2006) with Ricki Monnier
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   The Impossibility of God (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2003) with Ricki Monnier
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   Atheism, Morality and Meaning (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2002)
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   Theism vs. Atheism: The Internet Debate (Bremerton, WA: IBD Press, 2000)
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   Verstehen: A Critical Appraisal (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 2000)
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   Legal Realism: American and Scandinavian (New York, NY: Peter Lang, 1996)
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   The Big Domino in The Sky and Other Atheistic Tales, (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1996)
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    Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994) with Lee C. McIntyre
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    The Case Against Christianity (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1991) [Translated into Romanian (2007) and Spanish (2007)]
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    Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1990)
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    The Legal Philosophy of H. L. A. Hart: A Critical Appraisal (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1987)
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    Social Science and Philosophical Analysis: Essays on The Philosophy of The Social Sciences (Washington, DC: University Press Of America, 1978)
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    Concepts of Science Education: A Philosophical Analysis (Chicago, IL: Scott-Foresman, 1972)
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    Probability, Confirmation and Simplicity (New York, NY: Odyssey Press, 1966) with Marguerite H. Foster

Articles:

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   "The Scientific Status of Psychoanalytic Clinical Evidence," Inquiry, 7, 1964, pp. 13-36.
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   "Mr. Farrell and the Refutability 0f Psychoanalysis," Inquiry, 7, 1964, pp. 80-98.
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   "The Falsifiability of Curve Hypotheses," Philosophical Studies 16, 1964, pp. 56-60.
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   "The Explanatory Value Of The Unconscious," Philosophy of Science, 31, 1964, pp. 122-132.
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   "Roscoe Pound's Philosophy of Law," Archives for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, 51, 1965, pp. 37-55.
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   "Winch on Philosophy, Social Science and Explanation," Philosophical Forum, 23, 1966, pp. 29-41.
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   "Analytic Premises and Existential Conclusions," Boston Studies in The Philosophy of Science, Vol. 3, Marx W. Wartofsky and Robert S. Cohen (Eds.) (New York: Humanities Press, 1967), pp. 376-386.
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   "Covering Law and Situational Logic Explanation in History," Inquiry, 11, 1968, pp. 388-398.
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   "Participant Observation and Understanding in Cultural and Social Anthropology," Boston Studies in The Philosophy of Science, Vol. 4 Marx W. Wartofsky and Robert S. Cohen (Eds.) (New York: Humanities Press, 1969), pp. 303-330.
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    "Methodological Individualism and The Reduction of Cultural Anthropology To Psychology." Scientia, 9-10, 1969, pp. 489-502.
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    "An Evaluation of the Operationalists' Critique of Psychoanalysis," Social Science Information, 8, 1969, pp. 65-85.
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    "Referential Variance and Scientific Objectivity," British Journal for The Philosophy of Science, 22, 1971, pp. 161-170.
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    "Neurological Reduction and Psychological Explanations," Philosophy of Social Science, 1, 1971, pp. 228-242.
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    "An Explicative Model of Theory Testing," Zeithschrift Fur Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie, 1, 1970, pp. 228-242.
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    "On The Conceivability of Mechanism," Philosophy of Science, 38, 1971, pp. 79-86.
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    "Religious Commitment and Rational Criticism," Philosophical Forum, 2, 1970, pp. 107-121.
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    "The Uses of Pseudo-Science in Science Education," Science Education, 55, 1971, pp. 53-56.
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    "Anomaly Recognition and Research in Science Education," Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 7, 1970, pp. 187-190.
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    "Philosophy of Science and Science Education," Studies in Philosophy and Education, 7, 1972, pp. 210-225.
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    "Gribble On Roland's Analysis of Knowledge," Educational Theory, 21, 1971, pp. 102-104.
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    "A Utilitarian Kantian Principle," Philosophical Studies, (with Henry Ruf), 21, 1970, pp. 90-91.
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    "Neurological Reduction and The Body-Mind Problem," Theoria, 37, 1972, pp. 1-14.
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    "A Disproof of God's Existence," Darshana, 10, 1970, pp. 22-26.
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    "Theoretical Pluralism," Philosophia, 2, 1972, pp. 34-39.
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    "Silverstein's Defense of Cornman" (with Henry Ruf), Philosophical Studies, 23, 1972, pp. 319-323.
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    "Confirmation and Explanation," Analysis, 32, 1972, pp. 167-169.
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    "Ontological Variance and Scientific Objectivity," British Journal for The Philosophy of Science, 23, 1972, pp. 252-256.
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    "How To Be A Good Philosopher of Science: A Plea for Empiricism in Matters Methodological," Boston Studies in The Philosophy of Science, Vol. 84, Robert S. Cohen and Marx W. Wartofsky (Eds.) (D. Reidel Pub. Co., 1984), pp. 33-42.
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    "Explanation in Social Science: Some Recent Work," Philosophy of Social Science, 2, 1972, pp. 61-81.
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    "Achinstein on Semantic Relevance," Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 3, 1973, pp. 77-87.
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    "Popperian Anthropology," Methodology and Science, 4, 1971, pp. 41-79.
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    "Is Cognitive Processes and Structure A Myth?", Analysis, 33, 1973, pp. 83-88.
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    "Value Judgments and The Acceptance of Hypotheses in Science and Science Education," Philosophical Exchange, 1, 1973, pp. 83-100.
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    "The Objectivity of a Methodology," Philosophy of Science, 40, 1973, pp. 447-450.
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    "The Explication of A Theory," Philosophia, 3, 1973, pp. 179-199.
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    "The Derivation of Statements of Prima Facie Duties From Empirical Statements," Philosophical Studies, 25, 1974, pp. 149-152.
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    "A Disproof of The God of The Common Man," Question, 1974, pp. 115-124.
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    "On An Argument Against Pacifism," Philosophical Studies, 26, 1974, pp. 437-442.
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    "Causal Importance and Objectivity," Philosophy of Social Science, 4, 1974, pp. 157-168.
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    "Four Critiques of Pascal's Wager," Sophia, 14, 1975, pp. 1-11.
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    "Confirmation and Explanation Again," Analysis, 36, 1975, pp. 41-42.
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    "Pedagogical Arguments for Preferential Hiring and Tenuring of Women Teachers in the University," Philosophical Forum, 5, 1974, pp. 325-333.
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    "Reduction and Typical Individuals," Philosophy of Social Science, 5, 1975, pp. 307-308.
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    "Teaching Teaching Philosophy," Teaching Philosophy, 1, 1975, pp. 141-146.
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    "Equal Education, Native Intelligence and Justice," Philosophical Forum, 6, 1974, pp. 29-39.
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    "The Relevance of The Philosophy of Science for Science Education," Boston Studies in The Philosophy of Science, Vol. 32, Robert S. Cohen, et al. (Eds.) (D. Reidel Pub. Co., 1976), pp. 293-300.
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    "A Critique of Moral Vegetarianism," Reason Papers, 3, 1976, pp. 13-34.
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    "Description and Objectivity," Philosophy Research Archives, 2, 1977.
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    "Neurophysiological Reduction and Type Identity," Philosophy of Social Science, 7, 1977, pp. 91-93.
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    "Connections Between Philosophy of Science and Science Education," Studies in Philosophy and Education, 9, 1975, pp. 329-331.
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    "The Philosophical Importance of the Rosenthal Effect," Journal for The Theory of Social Behavior, 1977, pp. 81-97.
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    "Theological Statements, Phenomenalistic Language and Confirmation," Religious Studies, 14, 1978, pp. 217-221.
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    "On A New Theory of Medical Fallibility," Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 2, 1977, pp. 184-188.
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    "Is Evil Evidence for The Nonexistence of God?" Mind, 87, pp. 429-432.
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    "The Formalities of Evil and A Finite God," Critica, 9, 1977, pp. 89-92.
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    "Action and Volitions," Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 8, 1978, pp. 187-189.
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    "Interpreting Skinner," Behaviorism, 6, 1978, pp. 129-138.
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    "The Problem of Experimental Fraud: A ReEvaluation of Hansel's Critique of ESP Experiments," Journal of Parapsychology, 43, 1979, pp. 129-139.
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    "Vegetarianism, The Right To Life, and Fellow Creaturehood", Animal Regulation Studies, 2, 1979-1980, pp. 205-214.
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    "God, Satan and Natural Evil," Sophia, 22, 1983, pp. 43-45.
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    "Is Medicine A Social Science?" Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 6, 1981, pp. 345-359.
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    "A Note On Ontological, Methodological and Philosophical Behaviorism," Behaviorism, 8, 1981, pp. 241-242.
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    "Defining UFO," Zetetic Scholar, 9, 1982, pp. 84-87.
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    "Impersonal Knowledge," Dialogos, 40, 1982, pp. 123-130.
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    "On a New Argument for Freedom of Speech," New York University Law Review, 57, 1982, pp. 906-919.
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    "H. L. A. Hart on Jurisprudence in Legal Education," The International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 1, 1983, pp. 47-53.
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    "Pascal's Wager as An Argument for Not Believing in God," Religious Studies, 19, 1983 pp. 57-64.
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    "The Formalities of Evil-Corregenda", Critica, 10, 1978. pp. 133-135.
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    "Prima Facie Evidence," Indian Philosophical Quarterly, 9, 1982, pp. 235-238.
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    "A Critique of Hart's Theory of Natural Law," Archives for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, 68, 1982, pp. 388-399.
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    "More on Defining UFO," Zetetic Scholar, 11, 1983, pp. 34-36.
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    "A New Controlled Dowsing Experiment," The Skeptical Inquirer, 8, 1983-84, pp. 138-140.
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    "Malady and Menopause," Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 10, 1985, pp. 329-337.
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    "Moral Education and Science Education," Journal of Moral Education, 15, 1986, pp. 99-108.
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    "Defining Irrational Action in Medical and Psychiatric Contexts," Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 11, 1986, pp. 179-184.
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    "Sarkar's Theory of Method," Philosophy of Social Science, 17, 1987, pp. 249-256.
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    "Does The Evidence Confirm Theism More Than Naturalism?" International Journal for The Philosophy of Religion, 16, 1984, pp. 257-262.
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    "Philosophical Analysis At Work: The Search for The Elusive Clutch Hitter", Sport Inside Out, David Vanderwerken and Spencer Wertz (Eds.) (TCU Press, 1985), pp. 592-597.
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    "Comments on Fraleigh", Sport Inside Out, David Vanderwerken and Spencer Wertz (Eds.) (TCU Press, 1985), pp. 605-608.
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    "Swinburne's Inductive Cosmological Argument," Heythrop Journal, 26, 1986, pp. 151-162.
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    "The Principle of Credulity," Religious Studies, 22, 1986, pp. 79-93.
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    "The Coherence of The Hypothesis of an Omnipotent, Omniscient, Free and Perfectly Evil Being," The International Journal for The Philosophy of Religion, 17, 1985, pp. 185-191.
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    "Corporatism", Philosophia, 16, 1986, pp. 275-291.
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    "Reichenbach on Natural Evil", Religious Studies, 24, 1988, pp. 91-99.
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    "A Theistic Argument From Evil?", International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, 22, 1987, pp. 81-87.
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    "On A New Argument for the Existence of God", International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, 28, 1990, pp. 25-34.
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    "Ecosabotage and Civil Disobedience", Environmental Ethics, 12, 1990, pp. 291-310.
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    "Unanswered Question in Article on Dowsers", Boston Globe, Oct.11, 1990, p. 14.
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    "Wittgenstein's Lectures on Religious Belief", Heythrop Journal, 32, 1991, pp. 369-382.
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    "Is A Non-Christian World View Futile?", Antithesis, 4, July/August 1991, pp. 44-46.
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    "Will Secularism Survive?" Free Inquiry, Summer 1992, Vol. 12, p. 9.
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    "Geertz and the Interpretive Approach in Anthropology," Synthese, 97, 1993, pp. 267-286. [Reprinted in Andrew P. Vayda and Bradley B. Walters (Eds.), Causal Explanation for Social Scientists: A Reader (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011)].
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    "Taylor on Interpretation and the Sciences of Man" (pp. 259-279) in Readings in the Philosophy of Social Science M. Martin and L. McIntyre (Eds.) (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994).
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    "Response to Bell," Religious Studies, 29, 1993, pp. 555-558.
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    "Pseudoscience, the Paranormal and Science Education," Science and Education, 3, 1994, pp. 329-356.
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    "Skepticism About Legal Reasoning," Communication and Cognition, 28, 1995, pp. 55-76.
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    "Flew's Presumption," The New Zealand Rationalist and Humanist, 1995, p. 7.
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    "The Case Against Christianity Revisited," Christian Research Journal, 17, Fall, 1994, pp. 49-50.
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    "The Transcendental Argument for the Non Existence of God," The New Zealand Rationalist and Humanist, Autumn 1996, p. 4.
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     "TANG Defended," The New Zealand Rationalist and Humanist, Spring 1996, p. 9.
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     "Is Christian Education Compatible With Science Education?" Science and Education, 6, 1997, pp. 239-249.
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     "Does Induction Presume the Existence Of The Christian God?" Skeptic, 5, 1997, pp. 71-75.
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     "Atheism." Microsoft Encarta 98. CD-ROM. Redmond: Microsoft, 1998.
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     "Why the Resurrection Is Initially Improbable," Philo, 1, 1998, pp. 63-74.
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     "Atheism," Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia, J. J. Chambliss (Ed.) (New York, NY: Garland Publishing Co., 1996), pp. 37-38.
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     "Reply to Davis," Philo, 2, 1999, pp. 62-76.
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     "Omniscience and Incoherence," Medieval Philosophy and Modern Times Ghita Holström-Hintikka (Ed.) (The Netherlands: Klüwer Academic Publishers, 2000), pp. 17-34.
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     "Christianity and the Rationality of the Resurrection," Philo, 3, 2000, pp. 52-62.
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     "The Absurdity of the Christian Life," The American Rationalist, May/June, 2000, pp. 3-6.
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     "A Response to Paul Copan's Critique of Objective Morality," Philosophia Christi, 2, 2000, pp. 75-89.
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     "Three Arguments for Nonbelief," Free Inquiry, 21, Fall 2001, pp. 50-53.
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     "The Evidential Problem of Evil," God Matters, Raymond Martin and Christopher Bernard (Ed.) (New York: Longman, 2003), pp. 315-322.
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     "Comments on the Craig-Flew Debate" (pp. 85-94) in Does God Exist? Stan W. Wallace (Ed.) (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Co., 2003).
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     "A Dozen Reasons for Being an Atheist (and not an Agnostic)," The Open Society, 76:1, 2003, pp. 8-9.
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     "The Logic of Religious Terrorism," The Open Society, 76:4, 2003-4, pp. 13-16.
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     "Does God Know How to Ride a Bike?" The Open Society, 79:3, 2006, p. 16.
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     "Can God Know Evil Desires?" The Open Society, 79:4, 2006, p. 19.
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     "Greater Good Disproofs," The Open Society, 80:12, 2007, p. 8
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     "Miracles as a Disproof of God?" The Open Society, 80:2, 2007, p. 11.
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     "Is the Earth Too Old and Too Small to Be God's Creation?" The Open Society, 80:3, 2007, p. 14.
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     "Who Says You Can't Disprove the Existence of God?" The Open Society, 80:4, 2007, p. 16.
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     "Why Jesus is not God Incarnate," The Open Society, 81:2, 2008, pp. 5-7.
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     "The Space-Time Disproof," The Open Society, 82:4, 2009, p. 7.
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     "A New Argument for Unbelief" (with Phil Zuckerman), The Open Society, 82:1, 2009, pp. 10-13.
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     "The Verificationist Challenge" and "Theism and Incoherence" (pp. 458-473) in Paul Draper and Charles Taliaferrero (Eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Religion. 2nd ed. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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     "Skeptical Perspectives on Jesus' Resurrection" (pp. 285-300) in Delbert Burkett (Ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Jesus. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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     "The Argument from Unanswered Proofs," The Open Society, 83:1, 2010, pp. 11-12.
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     "The Argument from Brain Dependence," The Open Society, 83:2, 2010, pp. 21-22.
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     "Darwinian Disproof of God," The Open Society, 83:3, 2010, p. 23.
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     "Problems with Heaven" in Michael Martin and Keith Augustine (Eds.), The Myth of Afterlife. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, forthcoming 2012.
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     "The Incarnation Is Incoherent and Unlikely" in J. P. Moreland, Khaldoun Sweis, and Chad Meister (Eds.), Oxford Contemporary Debates on Christian Theism. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

Reviews:

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   A Psycho-Analytic Dialogue: The Letters of Sigmund Freud and Karl Abraham, 1907-1926, reviewed in Science, 1966, pp. 921-922.
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   Peter Madison, Freud's Concept of Repression and Defense: Its Observational and Theoretical Language, reviewed in Philosophy Science, 31, 1964, pp. 186-188.
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   May Brodbeck, Readings in The Philosophy of Social Science, reviewed in American Educational Research Journal, 6, 1969, pp. 133-136.
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   Henry Kyburg, Probability and Inductive Logic, reviewed in Theory and Decision, 2, 1972, pp. 381-386.
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   M. M. Postan, Fact and Relevance, reviewed in Philosophy of Science, 38, 1972, pp. 569-572.
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   Morton A. Kaplan, On Historical and Political Knowing, reviewed in Theory and Decision, 4, 1973, pp. 93-99.
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   Robert Borger and Frank Cioffi (Eds.), Explanation in The Behavioral Sciences, reviewed in Synthese, 25, 1972, pp. 219-228.
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   Michael Radner and Stephen Vinokur (Eds.), Analysis of Theories and Methods of Physics and Psychology, Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 4, reviewed in Synthese, 25, 1972, pp. 219-228.
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   C. F. A. Pantin, The Relation Between The Sciences, reviewed in Dialogue, 11, 1972, pp. 312-316.
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    Ted Honderich, Essays On Political Violence, reviewed in Philosophy of Social Science, 9, 1979, pp. 244-246.
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    Chris Brockman, What About Gods? reviewed in Teaching Philosophy, 2, 1978, pp. 126-127.
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    Matthew Lipman, Lisa, reviewed in Teaching Philosophy, 2, 1978, pp. 205-210.
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    Peter Achinstein, The Nature of Explanation, reviewed in International Studies in Philosophy, 19, 1987, p. 59.
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    David Thomas, Naturalism and Social Science, reviewed in Philosophy of Social Science, 14, 1984, pp. 265-270.
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    Stephen R. L. Clark, The Moral Status of Animals, reviewed in Reason Papers, 10, 1978, pp. 42-43.
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    George H. Smith, Atheism: The Case Against God, reviewed in Teaching Philosophy, 5, 1982, pp. 152-155.
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    Antony Flew, God, Freedom, and Immortality, reviewed in Teaching Philosophy, 8, 1985, pp. 352-354.
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    H. P. Rickman, The Adventure of Reason: The Uses of Philosophy in Sociology, reviewed in Philosophy of Social Science, 17, 1987, pp. 117-118.
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    Gordon Stein, An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism, reviewed in Teaching Philosophy, 9, 1986, pp. 90-91.
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    R. W. Newell, Objectivity, Empiricism, and Truth, reviewed in Teaching Philosophy, 11, 1988, pp. 186-88.
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    J. O. Wisdom, Philosophy of the Social Sciences I: A Metascientific Introduction and Philosophy of the Social Sciences II: Schemata, reviewed in Philosophy of Social Sciences, 20, 1990, pp. 394-398.
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    Ruth Gavison (Ed.), Issues In Contemporary Legal Philosophy: The Influence of H. L. A. Hart, reviewed in Nous, forthcoming.
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    Maurice Mandelbaum, Purpose and Necessity in Social Theory, reviewed in Philosophical Books, 30. 1989, pp. 118-119.
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    Wesley C. Salmon, Four Decades of Scientific Explanation reviewed in International Studies in Philosophy, 25, 1993, p. 104.
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    Paul Kurtz, The New Skepticism, reviewed in Free Inquiry, 12, 1993, pp. 53-54.
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    Richard M. Gale, On the Nature and Existence of God reviewed in Free Inquiry, Vol. 15, Fall 1995, pp. 56-57.
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    Roger T. Ames and Wimal Dissanayake, Self and Deception: A Cross Cultural Philosophical Enquiry, reviewed in Ethics. [Citation: Martin, Michael L. "Book notes." Ethics 107.4 (1997): 774-775. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 22 July 2011.]
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    Stephen Turner, The Social Theory of Practices, and Terrence E. Cook, Criteria of Social Scientific Knowledge, reviewed in International Studies in Philosophy, 32. 2000 pp. 152-154.
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    J. J. C. Smart and J. J. Haldane, Atheism and Theism, reviewed in Religious Studies, 33, 1997, pp. 227-229.
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    S. T. Joshi (Ed.), Atheism: A Reader reviewed in Free Inquiry, Winter 2001/2002 Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 64-65.

Web Bibliography:

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   "The Transcendental Argument for the Non Existence of God." April 29, 1996. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/tang.html
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   "A Response to John Frame's Rebuttal of The Transcendental Argument for the Non Existence of God (TANG), May 25, 1996. "https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/tang2.html
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   "Is A Non Christian World View Futile?" June 1, 1996. https://infidels.org/modern/michael_martin/jones-parsons-martin/jones_martin3.html
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   "Response to Frame's Response." June 15, 1996. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/tang3.html
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   "Third Response to Frame." June 28, 1996. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/tang4.html
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   "Final Response to Frame." July 2, 1996. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/tang5.html
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   Michael Martin, "Butler's Defense of TAG and Critique on TANG." August 6, 1996. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/butler.html
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   "Reply to Butler, Ventrella, and Field." September 3, 1996. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/reply.html
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   "Are There Really No Atheists?" September 11, 1996. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/no_atheists.html
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    "Atheism and Humanistic Value Theory." September 26, 1996. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/values.html
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    "Friendly Atheism?" October 2, 1996. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/friendly.html
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    "Positive Atheism and the Meaninglessness of Theism." October 27, 1996. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/meaningless.html
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    "Butler's Response." June 30, 1997. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/butler2.html
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    "Three Courses in Philosophy of Religion," APA Newsletters, 97(1), 1997. http://www.apaonline.org/publications/newsletters/v97n1_Teaching_03.aspx
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    "Atheism and Intraorganizational Free Speech." January 13, 1997. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/free_speech.html
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    "The Gap in Theistic Arguments." January 13, 1997. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/gaps.html
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    "Opening Statement." May 28, 1997. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/fernandes-martin/martin1.html
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    "Response to Dr. Fernandes' Second Statement." June 16, 1997. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/fernandes-martin/martin2.html
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    "Science, Miracles, and the Christian Dating System." April 1997. https://infidels.org/infidels/feedback/1997/april.html
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    "God and the Barber." May 1997. https://infidels.org/infidels/feedback/1997/may.html
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    "Problems With Heaven." July 22, 1997. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/heaven.html
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    "Atheism, Christian Theism, and Rape." July 23, 1997. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/rape.html
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    "Response to Dr. Fernandes' Third Statement." August 24, 1997. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/fernandes-martin/martin3.html
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    "Concluding Statement." October 6, 1997. ww.infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/fernandes-martin/martin4.html
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    Fernandes-Martin Debate https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/fernandes-martin/index.html
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    "Does Induction Presuppose the Existence of the Christian God?" October 11, 1997. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/induction.html
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    "Human Suffering and The Acceptance of God." 1997, https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/suffering.html
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    "Patrick Glynn's God: the Evidence." April 13, 1998. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/glynn.html
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    "Craig's Holy Spirit Epistemology." April 15, 1998. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/holy_spirit.html
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    "Presuppositionalism" https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/presup.html
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    "Hugo Meynell's Is Christianity True? (1998)." June 10, 1998. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/meynell.html
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    "Atheistic Education." February 8, 1999. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/education.html
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    "How to Educate an Atheist." May 13, 2000. https://infidels.org/library/modern/features/2000/martin1.html
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    "The Naturalistic Fallacy and Other Mistaken Arguments of Paul Copan" September 24, 2000. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/nat_fallacy.html
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    "Wittgenstein's Lectures on Religious Beliefs." March 18, 2001.https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/wittgenstein.html
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    "Should Atheism Be Universally Held?" April 19, 2001.https://infidels.org/kiosk/article90.html
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    "Justifying Methodological Naturalism." November 22, 2002. https://infidels.org/library/modern/michael_martin/naturalism.html

In addition to his over one hundred published articles, Martin has written several books including his sweeping Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (1990), The Case Against Christianity (1991), and a collection of short stories: The Big Domino in the Sky and Other Atheistic Tales (1996).

See also Michael Martin's many articles in the Secular Web Library.