On The Internet by Hubert L. Dreyfus
Thinking in Cyberspace
A critical, phenomenology‑informed analysis of how networked digital technologies reshape thought and social life, arguing that the Internet privileges abstract, representational “knowing‑that” over embodied, skillful “knowing‑how,” fosters anonymity and disinhibition, and can undermine genuine expertise, presence, and mature social relations; drawing on thinkers like Heidegger and Merleau‑Ponty, the author warns that textualism and information retrieval create an illusion of knowledge and community, counsels skepticism about techno‑utopian claims, and urges attention to the irreducible role of embodied practice even as information access expands.
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- Published
- 2001
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- American
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- English
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