Matthew Altman-Suchocki
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Mail code: 4302Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentPhilosophy
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Matthew earned a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, as well as a Master of Arts in Philosophy, from Arizona State University. His philosophical interests include selfhood, the philosophy of death and dying, ancient philosophy (particularly, Stoicism), the philosophy of dehumanization, moral psychology, environmental ethics, self-transformation, philosophy of mind, and the relation between values and emotions. Recently becoming a father, Matthew’s upcoming research projects are likely to concern the nature of childhood and associated topics, from moral education to the development of symbolic selfhood and conceptions of meaningfulness.
BA in Elementary Education, Arizona State University
MA in Philosophy, Arizona State University
PhD Student in Philosophy
Stoicism
Selfhood
Philosophy of Death and Dying
Terror Management Theory
Philosophy of Dehumanization & Objectification
Sustainability Ethics
Philosophy of Emotion
Moral Psychology
Applied Ethics
Ancient Philosophy
Ethics
Philosophy of Happiness/Well-being
Social Epistemology
Philosophy of Psychology
History of Philosophy
Existentialism
“Death, Shame, and Climate Change.”
Social Philosophy Today, Volume 40 (2024): pp. 75-95.
“Existential Concerns, Culture, Context, and Calibration: The 4C Model of Virtue.”
Co-Authored with Daryl Van Tongeren, Don E. Davis, Joshua N. Hook, & Nathan Ballantyne (forthcoming).
Research Assistant, The Humility in Inquiry Project
Courses
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
“Death, Shame, and Climate Change”
Presented at the Philosophy and the Age of the Anthropocene Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, hosted by DePaul University, Fall 2023
“Sympathy and Citizenship in the Cosmos: Stoicism as an Environmental Ethic to Combat Climate Change”
Presented at the Living Together Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, hosted by the University of North Texas, Fall 2023
“Sustainability—A Matter of Life or a Matter of Death?”
Presented at the Philosophy of Death and Dying Philosophy Graduate Student Conference, hosted by Marquette University, Spring 2021
MA in Philosophy:
Dr. Cheshire Calhoun (co-chair)
Dr. Joan McGregor (co-chair)
Instructor, PHI 101 (Fall 2023, Summer 2024, Summer 2025)
Mathematics Teacher, 6th & 7th grade, Isaac Middle School (2017-2020)