Samuel Martin Thompson (1901—1983) was a noted philosopher, frequent contributor to scholarly journals and author of three bestselling textbooks of Philosophy. His textbooks were used by many top universities and seminaries in the United States. An expert on the works of philosopher Immanuel Kant, he published analyses of Kant’s work. Thompson was also one of the three authors of the Confession of 1967, one of the major statements of faith of the Presbyterian Church (USA).