Louis Pojman

Louis Paul Pojman (/ˈpɔɪmən/ April 22, 1935–October 15, 2005) was an American philosopher and professor, whose name is most recognized as the author of dozens of philosophy texts and anthologies, which continue to be used widely for educational purposes, and more than one-hundred papers, which he read at some sixty universities around the world.

He began his post-secondary education in Cicero, Illinois attending Morton College.

In 1965 he began attending Union Theological Seminary in New York where he studied under professor Reinhold Niebuhr.

Following his time at Union Theological, he decided to study analytic philosophy at the University of Oxford from which he earned his doctorate in 1977.

His family includes two children and grandchildren, and his wife of forty-three years, Trudy Pojman.