Humanities at WCU      February 5, 2020

 

Matthew Tuten presents Mnemotechnology, Transgression, and the Genealogy of the State in Nietzschean Philosophy

Interview:

Before:

1. What are you feeling about presenting your paper?
   1. I am 1/3 nervous 1/3 curious 1/3 excited.
      

      

       

2. What got you interested in the topic of paper
   1. I wrote the paper orginally in Whitmire’s class on Nietzsche. I just expanded upon it
3. Where is, it taking place?
   1. I am presenting in the 21st annual Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference at the University of North Carolina at Asheville on Febraury 8, 2020.

After:

1. Is there anything you want people to know about presenting a paper?
   1. Be ready for everything, especially when to asnwer difficult questions

2. How did you feel while presenting your paper?
   1. I was nervous when walking up but after getting up there and speaking I got comfortable.

3. How do you feel after presenting your paper?
   1. More accomplished and I feel I left a better philosopher. I liked answering questions because it also made me think about what I believed.