{"id":1344,"date":"2018-05-29T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T00:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/?page_id=1344"},"modified":"2021-10-24T15:15:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T15:15:16","slug":"matt-watkins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/matt-watkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Watkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1345 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/Philosophy_Dept_ACC_20151120_163.jpg?resize=240%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/Philosophy_Dept_ACC_20151120_163.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/Philosophy_Dept_ACC_20151120_163.jpg?w=403&amp;ssl=1 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h2><strong>Matt Watkins &#8211; <\/strong>Adjunct Professor of Philosophy<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I went to school at Texas Tech University, completing my B.S. in Psychology and B.A. in Philosophy in 2004.\u00a0 I went on to also complete my M.A. in Philosophy there in 2007.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Teaching Philosophy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I emphasize 3 skills in my courses: reading, writing, and thinking. I use most of class time for lecturing, but always welcome questions from students. I like to include small group and class activities during lecture to support the class discussion. I care more about my students learning to think clearly and coherently than I do about them thinking like I do.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Areas of Interest<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Value Theory (Aesthetics\/Ethics)<br \/>\nExistentialism<br \/>\nHistory of Philosophy<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>PHIL-1301: Introduction to Philosophy<br \/>\nPHIL-2303: Logic<br \/>\nPHIL-2306: Ethics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Watkins &#8211; Adjunct Professor of Philosophy &nbsp; Biography I went to school at Texas Tech University, completing my B.S. in Psychology and B.A. in Philosophy in 2004.\u00a0 I went on to also complete my M.A. in Philosophy there in 2007. Teaching Philosophy I emphasize 3 skills in my courses: reading, writing, and thinking. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"","column_1":"<h4><strong>Campus<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Rio Grande Campus<br \/>\n1212 Rio Grande Street<br \/>\nAustin, TX 78701<\/p>\n<p>Office: RGC Port 1 0<\/p>\n","column_2":"<h4><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:wwatkin1@austincc.edu\">wwatkin1@austincc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>512.223.3352<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}],"hero_content":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}