Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, Edward Slingerland also holds appointments in the Departments of Psychology and Asian Studies.
A deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization — and the evolutionary roots of humanity’s appetite for intoxication. A captivating and long overdue investigation into humanity's oldest indulgence
Featured Talks
Other Books
Mind and Body in Early China
Creating Consilience
What Science Offers the Humanities
Analects of Confucius
Effortless Action
Essential Analects
Teaching
University of British Columbia
In 2024-5, I will be teaching two courses at UBC in Term 1:
TERM 1: PHIL 371 / ASIA 371
“Foundations of Chinese Thought”TERM 1: PHIL 470
“Comparative Conceptions of the Self”
MOOCS
In addition to my teaching at UBC, I developed two Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for the edX platform:
Talks & Interviews
The Joe Rogan Experience
Episode #1663 - Edward Slingerland
June 8, 2021
Edward Slingerland is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. His newest book, “Drunk”, is available now.
