Graham Oppy

Graham Oppy
Graham Oppy
Born	6 October 1960; Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater	University of Melbourne; Princeton University;
Era	Contemporary philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Institutions	University of Wollongong; Australian National University; Monash University;
Thesis	Attitude Problems (1990)
Doctoral advisor	Gilbert Harman
Main interests	Philosophy of religion; metaphysics; epistemology;
Notable ideas	"The best argument against God" (while naturalism is simpler than theism, there is no relevant data that naturalism fails to explain at least as well as theism does)

Graham Robert Oppy (born 1960) is an Australian philosopher whose main area of research is the philosophy of religion. He is Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Research at Monash University, CEO of the Australasian Association of Philosophy, Chief Editor of the Australasian Philosophical Review, Associate Editor of the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, and is on the editorial boards of Philo, Philosopher's Compass, Religious Studies, and Sophia. He was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2009. Graham Oppy is widely considered by some philosophers to be the most formidable defender of Atheism living today.

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