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theodore drange

theodore `` ted '' michael drange -lrb- born 1934 -rrb- is a philosopher of religion and professor emeritus at west virginia university , where he taught philosophy from 1966 to 2001 .
after graduating from fort hamilton high school , he received a b.a. from brooklyn college in 1955 and a ph.d. from cornell university in 1963 , where he moved to after one year of graduate school at yale .
he taught at brooklyn college -lrb- 1960 -- 62 -rrb- , the university of oregon -lrb- 1962 -- 65 -rrb- , idaho state university -lrb- 1965 -- 66 -rrb- and west virginia university , 1966-2001 after becoming a full professor in 1974 .
drange retired in 2001 and moved to ventura , ca .
drange 's primarily interests , up until the early 1980s were in philosophy of language and epistemology , later shifting to philosophy of religion .
drange 's first book , `` type crossings '' -lrb- the hague : mouton & co. , 1966 -rrb- was a revision of his ph.d. dissertation under max black on the philosophy of language and was published in 1966 .
his other book was in the philosophy of religion , `` nonbelief and evil '' -lrb- amherst , ny : prometheus books , 1998 -rrb- , in 1998 .
drange has also written several articles on the philosophy of religion and atheism , particularly for the internet infidels organization .
in 1997 , he debated christian apologist william lane craig on the existence of god .
drange married his wife annette in 1959 and had two children , susan and michael .
