Philosophical Publications and Presentations by David L. Thompson
2003 “Are There Really Appearances? Dennett and Husserl on Seemings and Presence,” in Richard Feist and William Sweet (eds.) Husserl and Stein,
2003 “The role of the body in the evolutionary
constitution of objects,” presented at International Philosophy
Colloquium on Science and Reality,
2001 “The Construction of Presence in Husserl and
Dennett’s Rejection of Real Seemings,”
presented at the Conference on Husserl and Austrian Philosophy,
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,
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,
1996 "Brain, Representation and
World," (Poster Session) at Towards a Science of Consciousness conference,
1996 Book of
1996 Book of
1996 “Commercialization and Propaganda in
International Broadcasting,” Radio Canada International Conference on the
Future of International Radio,
1995 "Brain, Representation and World," presented
at Atlantic Philosophical Association Meetings,
1994 "Rorty and Husserl on
Realism, Idealism and Intersubjective
Solidarity," presented at Atlantic Philosophical Association Meetings,
1994 "Cognitive Science as a Possible Solution to the Mind-Body
Problem," presented to Faculty of Psychology,
1994 "Women and the Mass Media,"
presented to Women’s Studies Programme,
1994 "Ideology and Social Reality,"
presented to the Canadian History of Education Association,
1993 Feminist Pedagogy: Collaborative Research Project (with Dr. Phyllis Artiss). Presented to the Canadian Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting, Learneds,
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,
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,
1986 "Intentional Causation in John Searle,"
Canadian Philosophical Association Annual Meeting,
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,
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
1982 "Is Academic Freedom a Trap?" Canadian
Philosophical Association Meetings,
1982 "Epistemology and Academic
Freedom," National Conference on Academic Freedom: Principles and
Practice,
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,
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,
1978 Commentary on B. Puccetti's
"Myth of the Divided Mind," Atlantic Philosophical Association
Meetings,
1977 Commentary on P. Smale's
"Emotions and Intuitive Significance," Atlantic Philosophical
Association Meetings,
1977 “The Body as the Active Principle in the
Constitution of Perceptual Space,” Atlantic Philosophical Association Meeting,
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,
1975 Commentary on R. DeSousa,
"Realism and Possible Worlds," Canadian Philosophical Association
Meetings,
1975 "Cultures are not Interpretations of Nature," Canadian
Philosophical Association Meetings,
1971 “Man Learns to have a Soul,” Invited presentation
at
1971 “Myth as Structuring,” Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Myth, Learned
Societies Annual Conference,
1971 "Sociology and Ethics: Second Order
Effects," Sociology Seminar,
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