Robert Carroll

ROBERT TODD CARROLL was a philosopher and the author of The Skeptic’s Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions and Becoming a Critical Thinker: A Guide for the New Millennium.

Carroll earned a PhD in philosophy in 1974 from the University of California, San Diego, and taught philosophy at Sacramento City College from 1977 to 2007, serving as chairman of the philosophy department. In 2010, he was elected a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

Carroll launched skepdic.com in 1994, which later became the basis for The Skeptic’s Dictionary. He died on August 25, 2016, in Davis, California, from pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer.

Robert Carroll’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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