Biography and expertise
Matt Bower is Associate Instructional Professor in Philosophy at Texas State University. Dr. Bower earned his PhD from the University of Memphis in 2013 and his BA from Beloit College in 2007.
Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Philosophy
The University of Memphis, 2013
Master's Degree
MA in Philosophy
The University of Memphis, 2010
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Philosophy
Beloit College, 2007
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Bower, M. E. (n.d.). Husserl on Perception’s Inadequacy: A Critique. Phenomenological Studies, 10, 179–213. https://doi.org/10.2143/EPH.10.0.0000000
- Bower, M. E. (2025). Genetic phenomenology. In Encyclopedia of Phenomenology. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47253-5_148-1
- Bower, M. E. (2023). Sociality and the minimal self: On Dan Zahavi’s “group-identification, collectivism, and perspectival autonomy.” Southern Journal of Philosophy, 61(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/sjp.12532
- Bower, M. E. (2023). Phenomenological Reduction and the Nature of Perceptual Experience. Husserl Studies, 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10743-023-09324-w
- Bower, M. E. (2021). “Do we visually experience objects’ occluded parts?”. Canadian Journal of Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.1017/can.2021.22
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Director’s Memorial Prize for Best Paper by a Junior Scholar, Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology (awared at the annual Husserl Circle meeting). May 2019
Featured service activities
- Editorial Review Board Member
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
- Reviewer / Referee
Philosophical Psychology
- Reviewer / Referee
Continental Philosophy Review
- Other
Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
- Member
Undergraduate Philosophy Committee
- Member
On-Line and Hybrid Education Committee