{"id":5584,"date":"2011-02-27T10:57:51","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T18:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=5584"},"modified":"2013-04-27T06:31:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T13:31:05","slug":"ipod-and-philosophy-popular-culture-and-philosophy-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2011\/02\/27\/ipod-and-philosophy-popular-culture-and-philosophy-review\/","title":{"rendered":"iPod and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy) [review]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-5584\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/iPod-Philosophy-Popular-Culture\/dp\/0812696514\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1298832494&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">iPod and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a id=\"contributorNameTriggerB003BF39Q8\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/D.-E.-Wittkower\/e\/B003BF39Q8\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1\">D. E. Wittkower<\/a> <input id=\"contributorASINB003BF39Q8\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"B003BF39Q8\" \/>(Editor)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paperback:<\/strong> 288 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Open Court (November 1, 2008)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 0812696514<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-0812696516<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I like philosophy &#8211; I took 9 credit hours in college and have had many late night philosophical conversations.<\/p>\n<p>And I say don&#8217;t buy this book of collected articles that discuss the effects of the iPod on philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s boring &#8211; yes, the iPod is generally an individual device for music and podcast listening, that is an amazing revelation. It might have a negative impact on the discussion of philosophy since people will have their earbuds in &#8211; big surprise there. If instead there were discussions of how iTunes now enables easier distribution of philosophic discourse, or how some people are using iPods in a group setting, maybe there would be some value here.<\/p>\n<p>But there isn&#8217;t &#8211; other than two of the articles the book is dense, slow to read, boring to tears at times and contains little original thought-provoking content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-5584\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 5584);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-5584\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-5584\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: iPod and Philosophy (Popular Culture and Philosophy) Author: D. E. Wittkower (Editor) Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Open Court (November 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0812696514 ISBN-13: 978-0812696516 I like philosophy &#8211; I took 9 credit hours in college and have had many late night philosophical conversations. 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