# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-todd-carroll
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:10:27.260Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-todd-carroll"
name: "Robert Todd Carroll"
slug: "robert-todd-carroll"
description: "Robert Todd Carroll was an American author, philosopher and academic, best known for The Skeptic's Dictionary. He described himself as a naturalist, an atheist, a materialist, a metaphysical libertarian, and a positivist. In 2010 he was elected a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He was a professor of philosophy at Sacramento City College from 1977 until his retirement in 2007."
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birthDate: "1945-05-18"
deathDate: "2016-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump