Philosopher of Mind Thompson from York to Toronto

Evan Thompson (philosophy of mind and cognitive science), Associate Professor of Philosophy and holder of a Canada Research Chair for younger scholars at York University, Toronto, has accepted the senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be Professor of Philosophy as of July 1, 2005.   More details on Toronto's other hiring this year is here (and follow the links).  Briefly, at the tenured level, Toronto has hired, besides Thompson, Mohan Matthen from British Columbia, Diana Raffman from Ohio State, and Byeong Yi from Minnesota; and, at the tenure-track level, Benjamin Hellie from Cornell and Jessica Wilson from Michigan.