Papers and Talks

This page contains the key information about conference, seminar and invited papers that Matthew has given. To see academic publications, please go to the Publications page.

Title Venue Date Type
Idle Talk: Dasein and the Inauthentic Machine BSP26: Heidegger 50 Years On: Can a God Still Save Us, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK May 2026 Invited Keynote
Heidegger’s Conception of Freedom Book Discussion University of Galway Mar 2026 Book discussion
Heidegger’s Categorial Imperative Newcastle University PGR Seminar Feb 2026 Invited paper
Heidegger’s Conception of Freedom Book Discussion BSP Annual Conference 2025, UCD Aug 2025 Book discussion
‘That’s right, clap the things you agree with.’: Stewart Lee’s Content Provider and the Socratic Method Philosophy of Humour: New Perspectives Feb 2021 Conference paper
The Phenomenon of Ancestrality and the Foundation of Phenomenology The Theory and Practice of Phenomenology Sep 2019 Conference paper
Heidegger’s Conception of Freedom and the Empowerment of Being On the History of Being: After the Black Notebooks May 2019 Invited paper
Dread and Dialectic: Heidegger and Sartre on the Interface of Freedom and History Human Sciences Seminar Jan 2019 Invited paper
Two Concepts of Anxiety: Heidegger and Sartre on Freedom Phenomenology: Theory and Practice Sep 2017 Conference paper
The Silent Call: Heidegger and McCarthy on Talking to Yourself Cormac McCarthy and Philosophy Jul 2017 Invited paper
Heidegger and Science PubHD Manchester Apr 2016 Public talk
Freedom Beyond the Will: Heidegger on Finite Liberty Nottingham Trent University Philosophy Seminar Jan 2015 Invited paper