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American philosopher and atheist writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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