J. D. Trout | |
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| Born | John Dewain Trout 1959 (age 65–66) |
| Education | Cornell University (PhD, 1988) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Attribution, Content, and Method: A Scientific Defense of Commonsense Psychology (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Boyd |
Main interests | Philosophy of science, philosophy of psychology, cognitive science |
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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.[1] His research centers on the nature of scientific progress, and its influence on human understanding and well-being.