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NY Times Sunday Book Review
Reviews Waking, Dreaming, Being. →
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“Expanding Mind” interviews me at Progressive Radio Network
about my book, Waking, Dreaming, Being. →
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How does thinking feel?
In a new article, Kieran Fox, Kalina Christoff, Jessica Andrews-Hanna, and I argue that data recently published in an article by Timothy Wilson and colleagues in Science do not show, contrary to the authors’ interpretation, that being left alone with one’s own thoughts is aversive. →
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Video of my lecture, “Dreamless Sleep and Consciousness”
From the International Symposium for Contemplative Studies, Boston, October 31, 2014. →
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“Dying: What Happens When We Die?”
Chapter 9 of my new book, Waking, Dreaming, Being, is now available to download to Kindle at Amazon: Dying: What Happens When We Die? Update: It is also available at the iTunes store. →
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Buddhism, Pheno-menology, and Cognitive Science: Assessing the Dialogue
Here is a description of the graduate seminar I will be teaching at the UC Berkeley Center for Buddhist Studies during Spring 2014: Buddhist Philosophy, Phenomenology, and Cognitive Science: Assessing the Dialogue. This seminar will be devoted to recent work in cross-cultural philosophy that links Buddhist philosophy with cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and phenomenology. →
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SSHRC Insight Grant
I’ve received a 5 year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant for a project called “Attending to Mindfulness.” The grant budget includes funds to support one PhD student for the duration of the project. Here is the Project Summary: After decades of philosophical neglect, attention has emerged as an important topic →
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Short Article in EDGE/Winter 2013
EDGE — the University of Toronto Research and Innovation magazine — has published a short piece about me in their Winter 2013 issue on “Brain Explorers.” →
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The Wandering Mind
Upcoming meeting in Zurich, with Jonathan Schooler, hosted by Thomas Metzinger. March 25, 2013. My lecture is titled, “Attending to Mindfulness.” →
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Mind and Life Summer Research Institute 2013
Mind and Life Summer Research Institute 2013. Applications open Jan. 18. →