Evan Thompson
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 63 |
| Born | Ithaca |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Parents | William Irwin Thompson |
| Influenced by | Francisco Varela |
| Maurice Merleau-Ponty | |
| Edmund Husserl | |
| Job | Professor |
| Philosopher | |
| Books | Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy |
| Dying: What Happens When We Die? A Selection from Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy | |
| Mind in Life | |
| Colour vision | |
| The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience | |
| Colour Vision and the Comparative Argument [microform] : a Case Study in Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Perception | |
| Date of birth | January 1,1962 |
| Influence | Francisco Varela |
| Edmund Husserl | |
| Hubert Dreyfus | |
| Robert Thurman | |
| Education | Amherst College |
| Affiliations | University Of British Columbia |
| Interests | Philosophy Of Mind |
| Philosophy Of Cognitive Science | |
| Phenomenology | |
| Cross-Cultural Philosophy | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 555884 |
Evan Thompson Life story
Evan Thompson is a professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He writes about cognitive science, phenomenology, philosophy of mind, and cross-cultural philosophy, especially Buddhist philosophy in dialogue with Western philosophy of mind and cognitive science.