I'm Matt Watts, a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Miami. 

My research currently focuses on memory, mind, artificial intelligence, and technology. 

But my philosophical interests are wide ranging, extending from existentialism and phenomenology, to social and political philosophy.

My dissertation deals with the nature of semantic memory, and how it informs on memory more broadly. 

I am also spearheading an XR (Extended Reality) initiative incorporating VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) into the classroom and exploring questions surrounding immersive experience, extended reality, and and how the use of immersive virtual reality ‘pumps’ (intuition pumps, empathy pumps, etc.) can help students connect with, and ultimately better understand, difficult philosophical ideas and topics.