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Is 'flight' in the wings of the bird? Embodied ways of knowing about the world
Annushka and Alicia talk with Dr. Evan Thompson about his work in philosophy, religion, and cognitive science - particularly his seminal work on embodied cognition, which he started with Francisco Varela in the 1980s.They also discuss Evan's education at the Lindisfarne community and why he isn't a Buddhist!
Evan Thompson is a writer and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, where he is also an Associate Member of the Department of Asian Studies and the Department of Psychology (Cognitive Science). He works on the nature of the mind, the self, and the human experience. He is the author of Why I Am Not a Buddhist (Yale University Press, 2020), Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy (Columbia University Press, 2015), and many other books. He is currently working on two new books: Dying: Our Ultimate Transformation (Columbia University Press) and with Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser, The Blind Spot: Experience, Science, and the Search for Truth (MIT Press).
© Music: ‘Lost in your World’ by Cezare Robles & Pieter Versloot
