Evan Thompson
Professor | UBC Distinguished University Scholar | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada | Associate Member, Department of Asian Studies | Associate Member, Department of Psychology
email
evan.thompson@ubc.ca
location_on
Buchanan E 377
Office Hours
2025W term 2: Tuesday & Thursday, 12:45-1:45pm in person BUCH E377 | Also available by apptResearch Area
Education
Ph.D. University of Toronto
About
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Distinguished University Scholars at UBC
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)
Awards
- Mind-Matter Prize 2026 by the Society for Mind-Matter Research
- Distinguished University Scholars at UBC for 2025