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Title:

Philosophy and sport / edited by Anthony O'Hear.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

v, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Philosophy--Study and teaching.
Sports--Philosophy.

Other Authors:

O'Hear, Anthony.
Royal Institute of Philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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

Series:

Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement ; 73.

ISBN:

110764769X
9781107647695

OCLC:

(OCoLC)858532391

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)