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.

 

Latest Book

Drunk

How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization

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


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.

 

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