Evan Thompson
Professor | Associate Member, Department of Asian Studies | Associate Member, Department of Psychology
email
evan.thompson@ubc.ca
location_on
Buchanan E 377
Research Area
Education
Ph.D. University of Toronto
About
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Office Hours – 2025W term 1 &2
- Tuesday & Thursday 12:45-1:45pm in person (Buchanan E377)
- Also available by appointment
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)