Description: Distracted from Meaning : A Philosophy of Smartphones, Hardcover by Roholt, Tiger C., ISBN 1350172642, ISBN-13 9781350172647, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US When our smartphones distract us, much more is at stake than a momentary lapse of attention. Our use of smartphones can interfere with the building-blocks of meaningfulness and the actions that shape our self-identity. By analyzing social interactions and evolving experiences, Roholt reveals the mechanisms of smartphone-distraction that impact our meaningful projects and activities. Roholt's conception of meaning in life draws from a disparate group of philosophers - Susan Wolf, John Dewey, Hubert Dreyfus, Martin Heidegger, and Albert Borgmann. Central to Roholt's argument are what Borgmann calls focal practices: dinners with friends, running, a college seminar, attending sporting events. As a recurring example, Roholt develops the classification of musical instruments as focal things, contending that musical performance can be fruitfully understood as a focal practice. Through this exploration of what generates meaning in life, Roholt makes us rethink the place we allow smartphones to occupy in the everyday. But he remains cautiously optimistic. This thoughtful, needed interrogation of smartphones shows how we can establish a positive role for technologies within our lives.
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Book Title: Distracted from Meaning : A Philosophy of Smartphones
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Publication Name: Distracted from Meaning : a Philosophy of Smartphones
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Movements / Phenomenology, Aesthetics
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Tiger C. Roholt
Subject Area: Philosophy
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Hardcover
