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, I argue that remembering is not retrieval from storage but the skilled reconstruction of knowledge through flexible, embodied abilities. On this view, what is retained are not discrete facts but the procedural know-how for rebuilding them as needed. 

I have published on topics including, semantic memory and artificial intelligence, identity in cyborgs and synthetic humans, and integrating playfulness and creativity into philosophy teaching.