Extended mind-wandering

Abstract: Smartphone use plays an increasingly important role in our daily lives. Philosophical research that has used first wave or second wave theories of extended cognition in order to understand our engagement with digital technologies has focused on the contribution of these technologies to the completion of specific cognitive tasks (e.g., remembering, reasoning, problem-solving, navigation). However, in a considerable number of cases, everyday smartphone use is task-unrelated. In psychological research, these cases have been captured by notions such as absent-minded smartphone use (Marty-Dugas et al., 2018) or smartphone-related inattentiveness (Liebherr et al., 2020). Given the prevalence of these cases, we develop a conceptual framework that can accommodate the functional and phenomenological characteristics of task-unrelated smartphone use. To this end, we will integrate research on second wave extended cognition with mind-wandering research and introduce the concept of ‘extended mi.... https://philosophymindscience.org/index.php/phimisci/article/view/9190

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Extended mind-wandering ; volume:3 ; year:2022 ; Philosophy and the mind sciences ; 3 (2022)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Bruineberg, Jelle ; Fabry, Regina

Further information

• DOI: 10.33735/phimisci.2022.9190
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022112317544672071980
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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