Roland Poirier Martinsson

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Roland Poirier Martinsson (born in Sweden, 1962) is an author, conservative philosopher and radio- and TV-personality from Sweden, now living in Austin, Texas. As a columnist, he writes mainly on American politics from a social and cultural point of view. He is a regular contributor to Svenska Dagbladet and Expressen, two major Swedish newspapers. He is married and has three children.[1]

Poirier Martinsson received his PhD in philosophy from Lund University, Sweden, in 2001 for a thesis on the justification of empirical beliefs (published in 2001 as A Two-Front Battle). His books are mainly concerned with the historic and contemporary relations between science, religion, culture and society.

[edit] Works

  • A two-front battle: on the justification of empirical beliefs (Bjärnum, 2001, PhD thesis) ISBN 9189336070
  • Russells kalkon: en bok om hur Gud och vetenskapen formade den västerländska kulturen (Norstedts, 2003) ISBN 9113011774
  • Sånt är livet: om vetenskapens sökande efter livets början (Norstedts, 2005) ISBN 9113013238
  • Arkimedes. Matematiker, vapenmakare, stjärnskådare (Norstedts, 2006) ISBN 9113015052

[edit] References

  1. ^ Brief autobiography on his personal website.

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