Thompson, E.

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Professors
FirstName / namefirst	Evan
LastName / namelast	Thompson
MainNamePhon	Evan Thompson
SortName	Thompson, Evan
bio	Evan Thompson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia and an Associate Member of the Department of Psychology and the Department of Asian Studies. He studies the mind, life, consciousness, and the self, from the perspectives of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, and cross-cultural philosophy (especially Buddhism and other Indian philosophical traditions). He co-authored The Embodied Mind (1991) with Francisco Varela and Eleanor Rosch; his recent books include Why I Am Not a Buddhist (2020) and Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy (2015).
affiliation	University of British Columbia
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