Evan Thompson (born 1962) is professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He writes about cognitive science, phenomenology, the philosophy of mind, and cross-cultural philosophy, especially Buddhist philosophy in dialogue with Western philosophy of mind and cognitive science.As a child, Thompson was home-schooled at the Lindisfarne Association, a think tank and retreat founded by his father, William Irwin Thompson. In 1977, Thompson met Chilean phenomenologist Francisco Varela when Varela attended a Lindisfarne conference which was organized by Thompson and Gregory Bateson. Thompson received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1990 and an A.B. in Asian Studies from Amherst College in 1983.Thompson has taught at the University of Toronto, Concordia University, Boston University, and York University. While at York University, Thompson was also a member of the Centre for Vision Research. Thompson has held visiting appointments at the Center for Subjectivity Research in Copenhagen, and at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Thompson worked with Francisco Varela at CREA (Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquée) at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. During this time, Varela and Thompson wrote The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience. Thompson's book, Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind, explores how life relates to mind. Thompson's most recent book is "Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy"
appeared in An Ideal Husband with the River Rep at Ivoryton theatre company [August 2005]
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will appear or direct numerous productions at The Ivoryton Playhouse's summer Co. The River Rep at Ivoryton. He will direct the season opener Chapter Two from June 23-July 3 and Present Laughter from Aug 11-21. He will star in Light Up The Sky as Carleton Fitzgerald and In The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Mayor Sapsea/Your Chairman, Mr. William Cartwright. He will also appear in the production of Proof as Robert, which is also starring his daughter, Jenn Thompson [June 2004]
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He is appearing in "The Foreigner" at the Chester Meetinghouse, with the River Rep Theatre Company, directed by his daughter, Jenn Thompson. [July 2007]
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appeared in All My Sons and The Mikado with the River Rep at Ivoryton theatre company [July 2005]
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Son of producer/writer Harlan Thompson and writer/actress Marian Spitzer.
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Producing partner of the Ivoryton Playhouse's summer company. The River Rep at Ivoryton in Ivoryton, Connecticut.