Matthew Smith
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Professor Smith received his PhD in 2004 from UNC Chapel Hill. He has published in political theory, moral philosophy, action theory, and jurisprudence. Currently, he is working on a project on the materiality of agency and co-authoring a book on urban politics.
Schafran, A., Smith, M.N, & Hall, S. (2020). The spatial contract, a new politics of provision for an urbanized planet. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press.
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Education
Ph.D., Philosophy, 2004, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Modern Philosophy
PHIL 2330
Focuses on the hundred years between 1650 and 1750, sometimes called “the century of genius.” It was a period in which philosophers reacted to the new scientific discoveries of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo. Out of this reaction came new ways of thinking about the nature of knowledge and the nature of reality. Focuses on such major figures as the rationalists Descartes, Leibniz, and Spinoza, and the empiricists Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. Requires prior completion of one philosophy course.
