Charlie Dunbar Broad (30 December 1887 – 11 March 1971), usually cited as
C. D. Broad, was an English
epistemologist,
historian of philosophy,
philosopher of science,
moral philosopher, and writer on the philosophical aspects of psychical research. He was known for his thorough and dispassionate examinations of
arguments in such works as
Scientific Thought, published in 1923,
The Mind and Its Place in Nature, published in 1925, and
An Examination of McTaggart's Philosophy, published in 1933.