Dr. Matthew Meyer, Ph.D.
Contact Information
124 Garfield Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Biography
I love teaching at UW-Eau Claire. I was a student here myself some 20 years ago. I enjoy reading philosophy and contemporary fiction. I am trained in Logic Based Therapy which is a philosophical counseling method that focuses in negative emotions and reactions that arise from fallacious thinking. In 2019 I published a book on Lacan and the Greeks, as well as an article on the ethics of women water warriors with Dr. Heather Ann Moody. A second book on Hannah Arendt's concept of thoughtlessness and its crossover with existentialism is in production. I enjoying swimming, biking, and running — on occasion for long distances. I also enjoy spending time outside with my family in our free time.
Education
- Ph.D., Stony Brook University (Philosophy)
- M.A., Stony Brook University (Philosophy)
- B.A., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (Philosophy; English Linguistics)
- Primary Certificate in Logic Based Therapy (LBT)
Teaching and Research Interests
- 19th and 20th Century European Philosophy
- Existentialism
- Feminism
- Environmental Philosophy
- Phenomenology
- Psychoanalysis
- Happiness Studies (Positive Psychology, Moral Psychology, Cognitive Science)
- Environmental Philosophy
- Philosophy and Pop Culture
Published Research
- Mad Max and Philosophy, co-editor with David Koepsell. Gen. ed., William Irwin. Blackwell, 2024.
- “‘Look, any longer out on that road and I'm one of them, you know?’: Madness in Mad Max.” Mad Max and Philosophy, co-editor with David Koepsell. Gen. ed., William Irwin. Blackwell, 2024.
- “Westworld as Philosophy: A Commentary on Colonialism.” The Palgrave Handbook of Pop Culture as Philosophy, ed. David Kyle Johnson. Palgrave Macmillan, September 2022.
- “The Ethics of Women Water Warriors: #NoDAPL and Indigenous Women’s Environmental Ethic,” in Interdisciplinary Environmental Ethics in the Midwest, ed. Ian Smith and Matt Kearney, Michigan State University Press, 2022.
- “From Indecision to Ambiguity: Simone de Beauvoir and Chidi’s Moral Growth,” in The Good Place and Philosophy, ed. Kimberly Engels, Blackwell Publishing, September 2020.
- Archery and the Human Condition in Lacan, the Greeks, and Nietzsche: The Bow with the Greatest Tension. Lexington Press, 2019.
- “Beauty, Dominance, Humanity: Three Takes on Nudity in Westworld.” Westworld and Philosophy. Ed. by James South and Kimberly Engels. Blackwell Publishing, 2018.
- “Returning to Mystic River: Nietzsche and Tragedy and Values.” Film and Philosophy, Vol. 19, 2015, 173-192.
- “Why Underwood is Frankly Not an Overman,” House of Cards and Philosophy. Gen. ed., William Irwin, Blackwell Publishing, 2015.
“Being-in The Office: Sartre, the Look, and the Viewer.” With Greg Schneider. The Office and Philosophy, Gen. ed. William Irwin, Blackwell Publishing, 2008.