Matthew Watts
Instructor
Matt Watts is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Miami. His research currently focuses on memory, mind, and artificial intelligence, though his philosophical interests range widely, extending from existentialism and phenomenology to social and political philosophy.
He is spearheading an XR (Extended Reality) initiative that incorporates Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) into the classroom. This work explores questions surrounding immersive experience and extended reality, and investigates how immersive virtual reality "pumps" (intuition pumps, empathy pumps, and the like) can help students connect with, and ultimately better understand, difficult philosophical ideas and topics. For this work he recently earned the honorable mention for the Oxford University Press Teaching With Technology Award.
Fall 2026 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2026 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2025 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2025 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2024 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2024 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2023 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2023 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource