Robert Todd Carroll
| Robert Todd Carroll | |
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Carroll at SkeptiCalcon 2011 in Berkeley, CA
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Robert Todd Carroll May 18, 1945 Joliet, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | August 25, 2016 (aged 71) Davis, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, San Diego |
| Occupation | Author, professor |
| Website | http://www.skepdic.com/ |
Robert Todd Carroll (May 18, 1945 – August 25, 2016) was an American writer and academic. Carroll is best known for his contributions in the field of skepticism; he achieved notability by publishing The Skeptic's Dictionary online in 1994. He was elected a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2010. He described himself as a naturalist, an atheist, a materialist, a metaphysical libertarian, and a positivist.
His published books include Becoming a Critical Thinker;The Skeptic's Dictionary;The Skeptic's Dictionary for Kids;The Critical Thinker's Dictionary;Unnatural Acts: Critical Thinking, Skepticism, and Science Exposed!;The Commonsense Philosophy of Religion of Edward Stillingfleet; Student Success Guide: Writing Skills and Student Success Guide: Reading Skills.
He was a professor of philosophy at Sacramento City College from 1977 until his retirement in 2007.
Carroll was born in Joliet, Illinois on May 18, 1945. His father worked in a coal processing plant. The family moved to San Diego in 1954 where Carroll grew up. He describes his early years in Ocean Beach as an ideal childhood. He was raised Catholic.
Carroll went to the University of San Diego High School, the same school that Phil Mickelson and Scott Peterson attended. After that, he received a Catholic education in the University of Notre Dame. He went into seminary in Notre Dame, he eventually left after a short time in 1965 and went back to San Diego. Carroll earned his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1974 at the University of California, San Diego, writing his doctoral thesis under the direction of Richard H. Popkin on the religious philosophy of Edward Stillingfleet who defended the Anglican church passionately against catholic, deist and atheist offenders before becoming Bishop of Worcester. It was published in 1975. By then Carroll was married with two daughters. The new family moved to Susanville, California where he started teaching philosophy at Lassen Community College. After that he moved to the Sacramento area, he has been living in Davis since 1977.
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