Peter A. Angeles

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

Peter A. Angeles
Born	(1931-02-21)February 21, 1931 Ambridge, Pennsylvania
Died	March 2, 2004(2004-03-02) (aged 73)
Occupation(s)	Philosopher, 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

• 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)