b. 1942
Clark Glymour (born 1942) is an American philosopher of science at Carnegie Mellon University, best known for his bootstrap theory of confirmation and his foundational contributions to causal inference. He co-developed the PC algorithm and the framework of Bayesian networks for causal discovery, work that has had substantial influence in both philosophy and machine learning. His research spans philosophy of physics, computational epistemology, and the formal study of scientific methodology.
Developed the bootstrap theory of confirmation (Theory and Evidence, 1980), a rigorous alternative to Bayesian and hypothetico-deductive accounts
Co-developed the PC algorithm and causal Bayes net framework with Spirtes and Scheines (Causation, Prediction, and Search, 1993)
Pioneered computational approaches to causal discovery from observational data
Contributed to philosophy of physics, including work on spacetime theories and general relativity
Founded and shaped the field of computational philosophy of science