Robert Todd Carroll

Robert Todd Carroll (born 1945), Ph.D., is an American writer and academic. Until his retirement in 2007 he was a professor of philosophy at Sacramento City College. Carroll has written several books and skeptical essays.

A longtime advocate of atheism, scientific skepticism, and critical thinking, in 1994 he set up the Skeptic's Dictionary 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 -- and attracts over a million visitors per month. [ [http://www.skepdic.com/preface.html Preface] , "Skeptic's Dictionary".] Entries from the dictionary have been translated into more than a dozen languages.

His views have attracted numerous interviews from mainstream media and from skeptical groups, such as the a local newspaper the Davis [http://www.davisenterprise.com Enterprise] [ [http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2003/12/29/news/003new2.txt Author attempts to debunk angels, other 'strange beliefs'] ] , the New England Skeptical Society [ [http://www.theness.com/articles.asp?id=22 Interview with Carroll] ] , and Media Man Australia. [ [http://www.mediaman.com.au/interviews/skepdic.html Interview with Bob Carrol] ]

Publications

*"Becoming a Critical Thinker — A Guide for the New Millennium", 2nd ed., ISBN 0-536-85934-5.
*"", John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-27242-6.
* "The Common-sense Philosophy of Religion of Bishop Edward Stillingfleet 1635-1699", ISBN 90-247-1647-0. (1974 doctoral dissertation, under the direction of Richard Popkin, University of California at San Diego).

ee also

* List of University of California, San Diego people

Notes

External links

* [http://www.skepdic.com/ The Skeptic's Dictionary] "A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions"; 504 entries
* [http://www.skepdic.com/refuge The Skeptic's Refuge] "A gateway to skeptical and critical thinking about the paranormal, the supernatural, and the pseudoscientific."
* [http://www.skepdic.com/news/ Skeptic's Dictionary Newsletter] Archived newsletters from May 2, 2002 to the present
* [http://scc.losrios.edu/~carrolb/ Carroll's faculty homepage] at Sacramento City College
* [http://skepdic.com/refuge/bio.html Biographical information] at www.skepdic.com
* [http://www.whoswho-online.com/search.cgi?t=a_a=Carroll%0182409752013068 Who's Who Online]

Articles and essays

* [http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/essays.html Skeptical Essays by Carroll]
* [http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-03/031706carroll.html "Swift: Online Newsletter of the JREF"] James Randi Educational Foundation newsletter written by Carroll, March 17, 2006
* [http://www.csicop.org/si/2004-07/hoaxes.html "Pranks, Frauds, and Hoaxes from Around the World"] by Carroll, "Skeptical Inquirer", July 2004
* [http://www.inquiringminds.org/newsletter/0503/thinking.html "Critical Thinking and Control Groups"] by Carroll for Inquiring Minds, a CSICOP website
* [http://www.mukto-mona.com/Special_Event_/rationalist_day/2005/GarySchwartz.htm "What if Gary Schwartz is right?"] by Carroll on Gary Schwartz, at "Freethinker", mukto-mona.com, a Bengali humanist website
* [http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2003/12/29/news/003new2.txt "Author attempts to debunk angels, other 'strange beliefs"'] , article by Elisabeth Sherwin for the "Davis Enterprise" of Davis, California
* [http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18024226.100 "Keep on Doubting"] by Roy Herbert, "New Scientist" Print Edition, Nov. 22, 2003
* [http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2005_10/jason-skeptic.html "The Incomplete Skeptic"] by Gary Jason, "Liberty", Oct. 2005
* [http://www.alternativescience.com/skepdic.com.htm "The Skeptic's Dictionary"] critical response by Richard Milton
* [http://www.baskeptics.org/basis_jan-march2006.htm "Co-opting Alternative Medicine - The Psychology of Alternative Medicine"] by Terrence J. Sandbek, Bay Area Skeptics, references Carroll

Interviews

* [http://www.theness.com/articles.asp?id=22 Interview with Carroll] by Perry DeAngelis, the New England Skeptical Society interviews the author of the premier dictionary for skeptics, Oct. 1, 2002
* [http://www.mediaman.com.au/interviews/skepdic.html Interview with Bob Carrol] by Greg Tingle, [http://www.mediaman.com.au/ Media Man Australia] , Apr. 24, 2003
* [http://www.skepticality.com/p_g_bobcarroll.htm Audio interview biography] [http://skepticality.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=17637# Interview: w/Bob Carroll of Skepdic episode information] [http://libsyn.com/media/skepticality/017_skepticality_bobcarroll_final.mp3 Direct mp3 download] by Skepticality, official podcast of The Skeptics Society's "Skeptic" magazine, Aug. 23, 2005
* [http://skepticality.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=55108# The Scary QLink and Bob Carroll from TAM 4] by Skepticality, Feb. 3, 2006; The Amaz!ng Meeting 4