Dr. Robert Almeder worked as an American Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State University until his retirement in 2005 and has written extensively on the Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, and Ethics.

Almeder completed his Ph,D. on "The Metaphysical and Logical Realism of Charles Peirce" at the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. Almeder received the Outstanding Educator of America Award and then the Georgia State University Alumni Distinguished Professor Award for teaching in 1984 and 1995. Almeder was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship in 1992 and then again in 2005. Georgia State University instituted a student award in honour of Almeder upon his retirement in 2005, the Robert F. Almeder Prize, awarded to the student who writes the best paper at the annual Georgia State Student Philosophy Symposium.

Almeder has authored and co-authored more than a dozen books including: Beyond Death: The Evidence for Life After Death and Death and Personal Survival. He has been the editor of The American Philosophical Quarterly since 1998 and he has been co-editing the annual book series Biomedical Ethics Reviews since 1983. He has also served or is still serving on the editorial boards