Robert Todd Carroll (born 1945), Ph.D., is an American writer and academic. Carroll has written several books and skeptical essays but achieved notability by publishing the Skeptic's Dictionary online in 1994.
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Carroll earned his PhD in philosophy in 1974 at the University of California, San Diego, writing his doctoral thesis on the religious philosophy of Edward Stillingfleet. It was published in 1975.[1]
Until his retirement in 2007, Carroll was a professor of philosophy at Sacramento City College.
A longtime advocate of atheism, scientific skepticism, and critical thinking, in 1994 Carroll set up the Skeptic's Dictionary website online. It initially consisted of fewer than fifty articles, mostly on logical fallacies and pseudoscience. The site has now grown to several hundred articles, including many on the paranormal and the supernatural. It attracts more than a million visitors per month.[2] Entries from the dictionary have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Carroll's views have attracted numerous interviews for him from mainstream media and local newspapers, such as the Davis Enterprise.[3] In addition, he has been interviewed by representatives of groups promoting scientific skepticism, such as the New England Skeptical Society[4] and Media Man Australia.[5]
In January 2010 Carroll was elected as a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry[6]
He is viewed by some commentators in the alternative science community as a pseudoskeptic [7][8] for his alleged dogmatism and scoffing attitude. Some have noted his misrepresentations and fabrications of opponents' arguments.[9]
On May 29, 2011 Carroll led a discussion concerning the "Five Myths About Skeptics" at the 2nd annual SkeptiCalCon event held in Berkeley, CA.[10]
On March 27, 2012 Carroll began a regular segment on the podcast Skepticality entitled Unnatural Virtue.[11]
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