Michael Martin (February 3, 1932 - May 27, 2015) was a philosopher and professor emeritus at Boston University. He obtained his doctorate at Harvard University in 1962. He specialized in philosophy of religion, although he also worked in philosophy of science, law and social sciences. He was the author and editor of several books, including Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (1989), The Case Against Christianity (1991), Atheism, Morality and Meaning (2002), The Impossibility of God (2003), and God's Unlikelihood (2006). He was a member of the Editorial Board of Philosophy Magazine, Philo.