J. D. Trout
J. D. Trout | |
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| Born | John Dewain Trout 1959 (age 65–66) |
| Education | |
| Education | Cornell University (PhD, 1988) |
| Thesis | Attribution, Content, and Method: A Scientific Defense of Commonsense Psychology (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Boyd |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Main interests | Philosophy of science, philosophy of psychology, cognitive science |
J. D. Trout (born 1959) is an American philosopher of science, cognitive scientist, lecturer and nonfiction author who holds the Calamos Endowed Chair in Philosophy at Illinois Institute of Technology. His research centers on the nature of scientific progress, and its influence on human understanding and well-being.