Jordan Howard Sobel

Jordan Howard Sobel
Born(1929-09-22)September 22, 1929
Chicago, Illinois
DiedMarch 26, 2010(2010-03-26) (aged 80)
Toronto, Ontario
NationalityAmerican, Canadian (dual-citizen)
EducationHyde Park High School
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Michigan
Notable workLogic and Theism
SpouseWilla Sobel (nee Freeman)
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto
Main interests
Notable ideas
Reformulated Logical and Providential Problems of Evil

Jordan Howard Sobel (22 September 1929 – 26 March 2010) was a Canadian-American philosopher specializing in ethics, logic, and decision theory. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada.[1] In addition to his areas of specialization, Sobel made notable contributions in the fields of philosophy of religion, and value theory.[2][3] Before his death, Sobel was considered by Christian apologist William Lane Craig to be the leading philosophical defender of Atheism prior to Graham Oppy.[4]

  1. ^ "University of Toronto Scarborough Philosophy News." In Memoriam (Fall 2010): 5; 6. Print.
  2. ^ "Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog: In Memoriam: J. Howard Sobel (1929–2010)". Leiterreports.typepad.com. 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  3. ^ Rabinowicz, Wlodek. "In Memoriam – Jordan Howard Sobel (1929–2010)." Theoria 76 (2010): 192–96. Lund University. Web.
  4. ^ "Matt Fradd Interviews Dr. Craig, Pt 1 | Reasonable Faith". www.reasonablefaith.org. Retrieved 2020-05-07.