Dylan Evans

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Dylan Evans
Born September 29, 1966 (1966-09-29) (age 41)
United Kingdom
Residence Cork, Ireland
Nationality British
Fields Philosopher
Institutions University College Cork 2008-

University of the West of England 2003-2006
University of Bath 2001-2003

King's College London 2000-2001
Alma mater London School of Economics Ph.D, 2000
Doctoral advisor John Worrall
Nicholas Humphrey
Known for Emotion
placebo
Notable awards British Medical Association Medical Book Competition (2003)

Dylan Evans (b. September 29, 1966) is a British philosopher known for his work on emotion and the placebo effect. He is currently senior research scientist at the Cork Constraint Computation Centre at the University College Cork.

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  • Emotion, Evolution and Rationality (2004)
  • Placebo: The Belief Effect (2003)
  • Introducing Evolution (2001)
  • Emotion: The Science of Sentiment (2001)
  • Introducing Evolutionary Psychology (1999)
  • An Introductory Dictionary of Lacanian Psychoanalysis (1996)

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