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Clark Glymour

Also known as Clark N. Glymour

Clark Glymour is a philosopher of science whose work brought computer search to the problem of finding causal explanations in data. He earned degrees in chemistry and philosophy at the University of New Mexico and a doctorate in history and philosophy of science at Indiana University. At Pittsburgh, he and his students developed automated causal-search methods and the TETRAD project; he founded Carnegie Mellon's Philosophy Department in 1985. His 2001 book The Mind's Arrows applied Bayesian networks to psychology and neuroscience; he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019, and TETRAD received a SAIL award in 2020. As of October 2026, he is Senior Research Scientist emeritus at IHMC and Alumni University Professor of Philosophy emeritus at Carnegie Mellon.

Works
506
Citations
23,925
h-index
57

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1964–1969

    Studying science and philosophy

    At the University of New Mexico, he earns bachelor's degrees in chemistry and philosophy and receives a B.A. in 1964. He studies history and philosophy of science at Indiana from 1965 to 1969 and completes a PhD there in 1969.

  2. 1980s

    Searching for causal structure

    In the 1980s, he and students Kevin Kelly, Richard Scheines and Peter Spirtes develop automated procedures for causal explanations, later described in Discovering Causal Structure (1987). At Pittsburgh, he starts the TETRAD project while teaching History and Philosophy of Science.

  3. 1985

    Founding CMU Philosophy

    At Carnegie Mellon, he founds the Philosophy Department in 1985.

  4. 2000

    Joining IHMC

    At IHMC, he becomes a Senior Research Scientist and John C. Pace, Jr. Eminent Scholar in 2000.

  5. 2001

    Bayesian networks in psychology

    The Mind's Arrows appears in 2001 as an account of Bayesian networks for cognitive psychology and neuroscience.

  6. 2019

    Elected to the American Academy

    He is elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019.

  7. 2020

    A TETRAD AI award

    The TETRAD Automated Causal Discovery Platform, developed by Glymour, Peter Spirtes, Richard Scheines and Joe Ramsey, receives a Super Artificial Intelligence Leader award in 2020.

  8. As of October 2026

    Emeritus roles at IHMC and CMU

    As of October 2026, he is Senior Research Scientist emeritus at IHMC and Alumni University Professor of Philosophy emeritus at Carnegie Mellon.

Sources and credits

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  1. University of West Florida Catalog 2002-2003 pages.uwf.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Clark Glymour's Tribute hpsc.indiana.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Clark Glymour - IHMC | Institute for Human & Machine Cognition ihmc.us. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Clark Glymour - Tetrad - Department of Philosophy - Carnegie Mellon University cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Philosophy's Tetrad Project Awarded International AI Honor cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Mind cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Behrmann, Glymour, Trotter Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Pure and Applied Logic logic.cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.