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Tiger C. Roholt, "Distracted from Meaning: A Philosophy of Smartphones" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

New Books in Philosophy

CHAPTER

The Philosophy of Technology

The book includes a range of different philosophers from Susan wolf and john dewy to Albert boardman And hubert drifus. So I come at the project not only from the perspective of philosophy of technology as one may expect but also maybe surprisingly from the perspectives of art and music. The idea is often that in order to grasp artworks One must in a way unlock their properties and structures and meanings Through a kind of active engagement. That Active perceptual engagement is important regarding smartphone distraction from meaningfulness.

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