Evan Thompson

Professor | Associate Member, Department of Asian Studies | Associate Member, Department of Psychology
location_on Buchanan E 377
Education

Ph.D. University of Toronto


About

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Office Hours – 2023W:

  • TBA

Teaching


Research

Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology, Indian Philosophy, Buddhism.

My research interests are the philosophy of mind and cognitive science, especially embodied cognition and the neuroscience of consciousness, Phenomenology, and cross-cultural philosophy, especially South Asian and East Asian philosophical traditions.


Publications

  • Waking, Dreaming, Being: New Light on the Self and Consciousness from Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy (Columbia University Press, forthcoming)
  • Self, No Self? Perspectives from Analytical, Phenomenological, and Indian Philosophical Traditions (Oxford University Press, 2010, co-edited with Mark Siderits and Dan Zahavi)
  • Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind (Harvard University Press, 2007)
  • Colour Vision: A Study in Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Perception (Routledge Press, 1995)
  • The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience (MIT Press, 1991, co-authored with Francisco J. Varela and Eleanor Rosch)

 


Evan Thompson

Professor | Associate Member, Department of Asian Studies | Associate Member, Department of Psychology
location_on Buchanan E 377
Education

Ph.D. University of Toronto


About

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Office Hours – 2023W:

  • TBA

Teaching


Research

Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology, Indian Philosophy, Buddhism.

My research interests are the philosophy of mind and cognitive science, especially embodied cognition and the neuroscience of consciousness, Phenomenology, and cross-cultural philosophy, especially South Asian and East Asian philosophical traditions.


Publications

  • Waking, Dreaming, Being: New Light on the Self and Consciousness from Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy (Columbia University Press, forthcoming)
  • Self, No Self? Perspectives from Analytical, Phenomenological, and Indian Philosophical Traditions (Oxford University Press, 2010, co-edited with Mark Siderits and Dan Zahavi)
  • Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind (Harvard University Press, 2007)
  • Colour Vision: A Study in Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Perception (Routledge Press, 1995)
  • The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience (MIT Press, 1991, co-authored with Francisco J. Varela and Eleanor Rosch)

 


Evan Thompson

Professor | Associate Member, Department of Asian Studies | Associate Member, Department of Psychology
location_on Buchanan E 377
Education

Ph.D. University of Toronto

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Office Hours – 2023W:

  • TBA
Teaching keyboard_arrow_down
Research keyboard_arrow_down

Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology, Indian Philosophy, Buddhism.

My research interests are the philosophy of mind and cognitive science, especially embodied cognition and the neuroscience of consciousness, Phenomenology, and cross-cultural philosophy, especially South Asian and East Asian philosophical traditions.

Publications keyboard_arrow_down
  • Waking, Dreaming, Being: New Light on the Self and Consciousness from Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy (Columbia University Press, forthcoming)
  • Self, No Self? Perspectives from Analytical, Phenomenological, and Indian Philosophical Traditions (Oxford University Press, 2010, co-edited with Mark Siderits and Dan Zahavi)
  • Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind (Harvard University Press, 2007)
  • Colour Vision: A Study in Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Perception (Routledge Press, 1995)
  • The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience (MIT Press, 1991, co-authored with Francisco J. Varela and Eleanor Rosch)