About
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Office Hours – 2022W:
- By appointment on Zoom
- Email evan.thompson@ubc.ca for Zoom link
Research
Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology, Indian Philosophy, Buddhism.My research interests are philosophy of mind and cognitive science, especially embodied cognition and the neuroscience of consciousness; Phenomenology, Continental philosophy of science, and contemporary European philosophy; and cross-cultural philosophy, especially Indian philosophical traditions and contemporary Buddhist philosophy in dialogue with Western philosophy of mind and cognitive science.
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)