Liam Dempsey

Sessional Instructor

Economics, Philosophy and Political Science

Email: liam.dempsey@ubc.ca

Research Summary

Philosophy of mind, philosophy of emotion, and early modern philosophy.

Courses & Teaching

Recent courses taught include philosophy of mind, philosophy of art, early modern philosophy, critical thinking, and introduction to ethics.

Degrees

Ph.D. (2003) Western University, London, Ontario; M.A. (1998) Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; B.A. Hons. (1997) St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Selected Publications & Presentations

Representative publications include:

“John Locke, ‘Hobbist’: Of Sleeping Souls and Thinking Matter” in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 47 (4), 2017, 454-476;

“Newtonian Idealism: Matter, Perception, and the Divine Will,” in Southern Journal of Philosophy, vol. 52, no. 1, 2014, 86-112;

“Stressing the Flesh: In Defense of Strong Embodied Cognition,” (coauthored with Itay Shani), in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, vol. 86, no. 3, 2013, 590-617;

“The Side Left Untouched: Panpsychism, Embodiment, and the Explanatory Gap,” in Journal of Consciousness Studies, vol. 20, no. 3-4, 2013, 61-82.