David Alan Jopling
Professor
Office: Ross Building, S435
Phone: (416)736-2100 Ext: 77588
Email: jopling@yorku.ca
The Laetoli footsteps, 3.7 million years old. Olduvai, Tanzania. The footprints of three early humans, members of the species Australopithecus afarensis.
Research Interests
Talking Cures and Placebo Effects. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
Self-Knowledge and the Self (New York: Routledge, 2000).
The Conceptual Self in Context: Culture, Experience, Self-Understanding, edited by U. Neisser and D.A. Jopling (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997)
“The Placebo Effect in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.” Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Psychiatry. Edited by K.W.M. Fulford and R. Gipps. New York: Oxford University Press. 2013. pp.714-734.
“Five Kinds of Self-Ignorance.” In Ecological Approaches to Cognition: Essays in Honor of Ulric Neisser, edited by E. Winograd, R. Fivush and W. Hirst (New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1999) pp. 313-334.
“A ‘Self of Selves’?” In The Conceptual Self in Context: Culture, Experience, Self-Understanding, edited by U. Neisser and D.A. Jopling (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997) pp.249-267.
“Cognitive Science, Other Minds, and the Philosophy of Dialogue.” In The Perceived Self, edited by U. Neisser (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994) pp.290-309.
“Sartre’s Moral Psychology.” In The Cambridge Companion to Sartre, edited by C. Howells (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992) pp.103-139.
“’Tis much ado to know myself…:’ Insight in the Talking Cures.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Perspectives on the Self: Conversations on Identity and Consciousness. Vol.1234 (2011).
“Placebo Insight.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 57, No. 1 (2001) pp.19-36.
"First do no harm: Over-philosophizing and pseudo-philosophizing in philosophical counselling." Inquiry: Critical Thinking across the Disciplines. Vol. 17. 1998, pp.100-112
“Sub-phenomenology.” Human Studies, Vol.19 (1996) pp.153-173.
“‘Take away the life-lie’: Positive Illusions and Creative Self-Deception.” Philosophical Psychology, Vol.9, No.4 (1996) pp.525-544.
"Anti-psychiatry in Sartre's L'Idiot de la famille." Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 19, pp.161-188
“Kant and Sartre on Self-Knowledge.” Man and World, Vol.19 (1986) pp.73-93.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | AP/PHIL2420 3.0 | A | Human Nature | ONLN |
| Fall 2024 | AP/PHIL4075 3.0 | A | Life, Death, Absurdity, and Meaning | ONLN |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/PHIL2420 3.0 | M | Human Nature | ONLN |
| Winter 2025 | AP/PHIL4075 3.0 | M | Life, Death, Absurdity, and Meaning | ONLN |
The Laetoli footsteps, 3.7 million years old. Olduvai, Tanzania. The footprints of three early humans, members of the species Australopithecus afarensis.
Research Interests
All Publications
“The Placebo Effect in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.” Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Psychiatry. Edited by K.W.M. Fulford and R. Gipps. New York: Oxford University Press. 2013. pp.714-734.
“Five Kinds of Self-Ignorance.” In Ecological Approaches to Cognition: Essays in Honor of Ulric Neisser, edited by E. Winograd, R. Fivush and W. Hirst (New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1999) pp. 313-334.
“A ‘Self of Selves’?” In The Conceptual Self in Context: Culture, Experience, Self-Understanding, edited by U. Neisser and D.A. Jopling (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997) pp.249-267.
“Cognitive Science, Other Minds, and the Philosophy of Dialogue.” In The Perceived Self, edited by U. Neisser (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994) pp.290-309.
“Sartre’s Moral Psychology.” In The Cambridge Companion to Sartre, edited by C. Howells (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992) pp.103-139.
Talking Cures and Placebo Effects. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
Self-Knowledge and the Self (New York: Routledge, 2000).
The Conceptual Self in Context: Culture, Experience, Self-Understanding, edited by U. Neisser and D.A. Jopling (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997)
“’Tis much ado to know myself…:’ Insight in the Talking Cures.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Perspectives on the Self: Conversations on Identity and Consciousness. Vol.1234 (2011).
“Placebo Insight.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 57, No. 1 (2001) pp.19-36.
"First do no harm: Over-philosophizing and pseudo-philosophizing in philosophical counselling." Inquiry: Critical Thinking across the Disciplines. Vol. 17. 1998, pp.100-112
“Sub-phenomenology.” Human Studies, Vol.19 (1996) pp.153-173.
“‘Take away the life-lie’: Positive Illusions and Creative Self-Deception.” Philosophical Psychology, Vol.9, No.4 (1996) pp.525-544.
"Anti-psychiatry in Sartre's L'Idiot de la famille." Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 19, pp.161-188
“Kant and Sartre on Self-Knowledge.” Man and World, Vol.19 (1986) pp.73-93.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | AP/PHIL2420 3.0 | A | Human Nature | ONLN |
| Fall 2024 | AP/PHIL4075 3.0 | A | Life, Death, Absurdity, and Meaning | ONLN |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/PHIL2420 3.0 | M | Human Nature | ONLN |
| Winter 2025 | AP/PHIL4075 3.0 | M | Life, Death, Absurdity, and Meaning | ONLN |
