J.D. Trout

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Term: Philosophy of Science

The Psychology of Scientific Explanation. Philosophy Compass, 2/3, 564-591. (2007)

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Paying the Price for a Theory of Explanation: de Regt's Discussion of Trout (2002). Philosophy of Science 72 (January), 198-208. (2005)

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Scientific Explanation and the Sense of Understanding. Philosophy of Science 69(2), 212-233. (2002)

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Diverse Tests on an Independent World. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 26 (3), 407-429. (1995)

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A Realistic Look Backward. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 25 (1), 37-64. (1994)

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Austere Realism and the Worldly Assumptions of Inferential Statistics. In M. Forbes, D. Hull, and R. Burian, eds., Philosophy of Science 1994, Volume 1, Lansing, MI: Philosophy of Science Association; pp. 190-199. (1994)

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Robustness and Integrative Survival in Significance Testing: The World's Contribution to Rationality. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 44, 1-15. (1993)

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Theory-Conjunction and Mercenary Reliance. Philosophy of Science, 59, 231-245. (1992)

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Term: Epistemology

Term: Cognitive Science

Term: Social/Political Philosophy

Term: Spoken Language Processing

Term: Metaphysics

Metaphysics, Method, and the Mouth: Philosophical Lessons of Speech Perception. Philosophical Psychology, 14, (3), 261-291. (2001)

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About J.D.

J.D. Trout is a Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at Loyola University Chicago, and Adjunct Professor at the Parmly Sensory Sciences Institute. He received his PhD in Philosophy at Cornell University in 1988, and has also taught at Bryn Mawr College and Virginia Tech. His chief interests include the nature of scientific explanation, the psychology of human judgment, scientific realism and intellectual progress, and social/political issues bearing on well-being. He has also published work in epistemology and experimental and theoretical work in spoken language processing.