On the internet
Drawing on a diverse array of thinkers from Plato to Kierkegaard, On the Internet is one of the first books to bring philosophical insight to the debate on how far the internet can and cannot take us. Dreyfus shows us the roots of the disembodied, free floating web surfer in Descartes' separation of mind and body, and how Kierkegaard's insights into the birth of the modern reading public anticipate the news-hungry, but disinterested risk avoiding internet junkie. Drawing on recent studies of th…
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- Full title :On the internet / Hubert L. Dreyfus.
Summary
Drawing on a diverse array of thinkers from Plato to Kierkegaard, On the Internet is one of the first books to bring philosophical insight to the debate on how far the internet can and cannot take us. Dreyfus shows us the roots of the disembodied, free floating web surfer in Descartes' separation of mind and body, and how Kierkegaard's insights into the birth of the modern reading public anticipate the news-hungry, but disinterested risk avoiding internet junkie. Drawing on recent studies of the isolation experienced by many internet users, Dreyfus shows how the internet's privatis.
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- Publication Date:2001.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2001.
Notes
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (ix, 127 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0203187873, 9780203187876, 0415228069, 9780415228060, 0415228077, 9780415228077
- oclc:ocm59823966
- LC Classification:HM851
- Dewey Decimal:303.48/33
Table of Contents
Introducion -- The hype about hyperlinks -- How far is distance learning from education? -- Disembodied telepresence and the remoteness of the real -- Nihilism on the Information Highway: anonymity vs. commitment in the present age -- Conclusion.
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