tiger roholt

“The Phenomenology of Music” for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — read more

My Chapter, “Performance, Technology, and the Good Life,” will be included in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of the Phenomenology of Music. It is now available at Oxford Academic Online (link below).(Much respect to the editors for tackling and completing this enormous project: Jonathan De Souza, Benjamin Steege, and Jessica Wiskus.) Abstract: This chapter explores the… — read more

“I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” (The Pied Pipers with Jo Stafford, 1947) “Horizon” (Aldous Harding, 2017) “Geek” (Bettie Serveert, 1997) “She Was” (Camille, 2011) “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” (Ink Spots, 1942) “Going Places” (Kid Creole and the Coconuts, 1981) “The Way It Will Be” (Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, 2011) — read more

Linked below is a podcast interview about my 2023 book, Distracted from Meaning: A Philosophy of Smartphones, on the New Books in Philosophy podcast. (Thanks to Carrie Figdore for a thought-provoking conversation.) Web link Apple Podcasts link Spotify link — read more

Two comments from the back cover of my new book: “This is no neo-Luddite broadside against smartphones but a clear and careful philosophical exploration of what makes life meaningful and how smartphone use can either serve or undermine such meaning. Taking aim at the heart of our present age, Roholt’s book is consistently insightful and… — read more

I am a philosophy professor at Montclair State University. I write phenomenology of art, music, and technology. My M.A. and Ph.D. are from Columbia University; my B.A. is from the University of Minnesota. I live in Montclair, New Jersey, with my favorite fiction writer, Jill Rosenberg, and Greta, our cat. Contact InformationEmail: tiger.roholt@gmail.com — read more