Philosophy and Sport

Philosophy and Sport brings together the lectures given in the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series for 2012–13.

Anthony O'Hear (Edited by)

9781107647695, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 September 2013

250 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 1.2 cm, 0.41 kg

Philosophy and Sport brings together the lectures given in the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series for 2012–13. In the Olympic year, it seemed fitting to consider some of the many philosophical and ethical questions raised by sport, and to bring together contributors from both philosophical and sporting worlds. This ground-breaking volume considers many different areas connected to sport and its practice. These include the watching of sport, drugs in sport, the Olympic spirit, sport and risk, sport as a moral practice, rivalry and glory in sport and the importance of sport in human life more generally.

1. Ways of watching sport Stephen Mumford
2. The martial arts and Buddhist philosophy Graham Priest
3. Sport as a moral practice: an Aristotelian approach Michael W. Austin
4. A plea for risk Philip Ebert and Simon Robertson
5. Not a matter of life and death? Anthony O'Hear
6. Sport and life Paul Snowdon
7. Glory in sport (and elsewhere) Timothy Chappell
8. Conceptual problems with performance enhancing technology in sport Emily Ryall
9. Is mountaineering a sport? Phil Bartlett
10. Rivalry in cricket and beyond: healthy or unhealthy? Michael Brearley
11. In the zone David Papineau
12. Olympic sacrifice: a modern look at an ancient tradition Heather L. Reid
13. Chess, imagination, and perceptual understanding Paul Coates.

Subject Areas: Sports psychology [WSDP], Sociology: sport & leisure [JHBS], Popular philosophy [HPX], Philosophy [HP]