Philosophical Publications and Presentations by David L. Thompson
2014 “The Self as an Evolved Organism that Lives in a Pragmatically Defined World,” in John R. Snook and Tibor Solymosi (eds.) Pragmatist Neurophilosophy, London: Bloomsbury Academic. 203-222.2013 “Complex Systems as a Novel Mode of Explanation” presented to Complex Systems Working Group, Memorial University.
2012 “Dennett: Communication, Evolution and Self,” in Jason Hannan (ed.), Philosophical Profiles in the Theory of Communication, New York: Peter Lang Publishing. 219-234.
2009 Daniel Dennett, New York: Continuum.
2005 “Modelling Responsible Selfhood,” Philosophy and Cognitive Science Lecture Series, Memorial University. (Invited) Also presented to Computer Science Seminar.
2005 “The Narrative Self is Constituted by Attributing Responsibility,” Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual conference, Narrative and Understanding Persons, University of Hertfordshire, UK. Also presented to Atlantic Regional Philosophical Association annual meeting at Memorial University.
2005 “Global Selfhood,” Society for Global Philosophy, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (Invited)
2005 “Commitment and the Integration of the Self Over Time,” Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. (Invited)
2004 “Attributing Responsibility to the Narrative Self,” Australasian Society for Philosophy (New Zealand Division) Annual Meeting, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand.
2003 “The role of the body in the evolutionary constitution of objects,” presented at International Philosophy Colloquium on Science and Reality, Memorial University.
2003 “Are There Really Appearances? Dennett and Husserl on Seemings and Presence,” in Richard Feist and William Sweet (eds.) Husserl and Stein, Washington, D.C. The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. 103-118.
2003 “The role of the body in the evolutionary constitution of objects,” presented at International Philosophy Colloquium on Science and Reality, Memorial University.
2001 “The Construction of Presence in Husserl and Dennett’s Rejection of Real Seemings,” presented at the Conference on Husserl and Austrian Philosophy, University of Ottawa, and at Workshop on Constructions in collaboration with the University of Hanover, Memorial University.
2000 Dennett's Philosophy: A Comprehensive Assessment, Edited with Don Ross and Andy Brook, MIT Press.
2000 “Phenomenology and Heterophenomenology: Husserl and Dennett on Reality and Science,” in Dennett's Philosophy: A Comprehensive Assessment, Don Ross, Andy Brook and David L. Thompson (eds), MIT Press. 201-218.
2000 “Real Seeming and Real Presence: Dennett and Husserl,” invited lecture at University College Dublin, Ireland.
1999 “The Corporatization of the University,” Annual meeting of the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education, St. John’s, Newfoundland. (Invited.)
1998 “Dennett and Husserl,” presented at the Philosophy Department of the University of Bergen, Norway. (Invited.)
1997 “The Autonomy of Nature,” given to Symposium on the Autonomy of Nature, organized under the auspices of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada, Learned Societies’ Congress, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
1996 "Brain, Representation and World," (Poster Session) at Towards a Science of Consciousness conference, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
1996 Book of Readings for Philosophy 3920, MUN Printing Services, 400 pages. This is a selection of 25 readings.
1996 Book of Readings for Philosophy 2805, MUN Printing Services, 350 pages. This is a selection of 12 readings.
1996 “Commercialization and Propaganda in International Broadcasting,” Radio Canada International Conference on the Future of International Radio, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
1995 "Brain, Representation and World," presented at Atlantic Philosophical Association Meetings, Fredericton, NB.
1994 "Rorty and Husserl on Realism, Idealism and Intersubjective Solidarity," presented at Atlantic Philosophical Association Meetings, St. John's, Newfoundland.
1994 "Cognitive Science as a Possible Solution to the Mind-Body Problem," presented to Faculty of Psychology, University of Indonesia, Jakarta.
1994 "Women and the Mass Media," presented to Women’s Studies Programme, University of Indonesia, Jakarta.
1994 "Ideology and Social Reality," presented to the Canadian History of Education Association, St. John's, Newfoundland.
1993 Feminist Pedagogy: Collaborative Research Project (with Dr. Phyllis Artiss). Presented to the Canadian Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting, Learneds, Carleton University.
1993 Book review of Charles D. Laughlin, Jr., John McManus and Eugene G. D'Aquili Brain, Symbol and Experience, New York: Columbia University Press 1992. Canadian Philosophical Reviews 13 (1993):241-244.
1993 "Why is a Philosopher interested in Cognitive Science?" presented to Memorial University Cognitive Science Research Group.
1992 "Collaborative Methods in Teaching Writing," presented to the Memorial University President's Colloquium on Teaching.
1991 “Concepts of Nature: Are Environmentalists Confused?” Canadian Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Kingston.
1990 "Measurement in the Foundation of Modern Science," Keynote address for the History of Medicine series of lectures for 1990, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Abstract published).
1988 "Workshop on Teaching and Learning." Report on the Weimer workshop published in Teaching and Learning Newsletter, Memorial University of Newfoundland General Studies.
1987 Book review of: A. L. Wigan, The Duality of the Mind: Proved by the Structure, Functions, and Diseases of the Brain and by the Phenomena of Mental Derangement, and Shown to be Essential to Moral Responsibility. Edited with a Foreword by Joseph E.Bogen. (No place mentioned): Joseph Simon, 1985. (Republication of original: London: Longmans, 1884.) Canadian Philosophical Reviews 7 (1987) 43-45.
1987 "Social Issues Facing Medicine: Ethics: The Restraint of Medical Power," in Terry Murphy (ed.), Medical Ethics, Memorial University of Newfoundland: St. John's, Newfoundland, 1987.
1986 "Intentional Causation in John Searle," Canadian Philosophical Association Annual Meeting, Montreal.
1986 "Intentionality and Causality in John Searle," Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 16 (1986): 83-97.
1986 "Autonomy and Informed Consent with Special Reference to Children." A contribution to a Panel. Janeway Children's Hospital Grand Rounds (Teleconferenced with the rest of the Province).
1985 "Epistemology and Academic Freedom," in Don Idhe and Hugh J.Silverman (eds.) Descriptions, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1985. Pp. 286-295.
1984 “Epistemology and Academic Freedom,” presented at Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Penn State, USA.
1983 Book review of Thomas R. Berger, Fragile Freedoms: Human Rights and Dissent in Canada, Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1981, Labour/Le Travailleur 11 (1983) 261-263.
1982 "Is Academic Freedom a Trap?" Canadian Philosophical Association Meetings, Montreal.
1982 "Epistemology and Academic Freedom," National Conference on Academic Freedom: Principles and Practice, St. John's.
1981 "Technological Rationality," text for Engineering General Studies Course, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1981.
1981 "Academic Freedom and Epistemology," Atlantic Philosophical Association Meetings, Corner Brook. Also in abbreviated form at Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Penn State University, 1983.
1979 "The Body as Sensed and as Sensing: Some Developments in Neurophysiology 1800-1925," Joint Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine and the Canadian Philosophical Association, Saskatoon.
1978 Commentary on B. Puccetti's "Myth of the Divided Mind," Atlantic Philosophical Association Meetings, St. John's.
1977 Commentary on P. Smale's "Emotions and Intuitive Significance," Atlantic Philosophical Association Meetings, Charlottetown.
1977 “The Body as the Active Principle in the Constitution of Perceptual Space,” Atlantic Philosophical Association Meeting, Charlottetown.
1977 “Representation of the Body as the Active Principle in the Constitution of Space,” Invited presentation to the University of Moncton Philosophy Department.
1977 “A History of the Body Image,” Invited presentation to the University of Moncton Philosophy Department.
1976 "Conflict of Telos and Epoche in Husserl's Crisis," International Husserlian and Phenomenological Research Society, Arezzo, Italy.
1975 Commentary on R. DeSousa, "Realism and Possible Worlds," Canadian Philosophical Association Meetings, Edmonton.
1975 "Cultures are not Interpretations of Nature," Canadian Philosophical Association Meetings, Edmonton.
1971 “Man Learns to have a Soul,” Invited presentation at Xavier College, Sydney, N.S.
1971 “Myth as Structuring,” Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Myth, Learned Societies Annual Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
1971 "Sociology and Ethics: Second Order Effects," Sociology Seminar, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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