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Author: Stephen Mumford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-05-20
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1108994938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces the reader to a host of philosophical topics found in sport, exploring the place of sport in our lives.
Author: Raymond Geuss
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-05-20
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 1108930611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA survey on the nature of work, integrating conceptual analysis, historical reflection, autobiography and social commentary.
Author: David Papineau
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2017-05-02
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 0465094945
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Knowing the Score, philosopher David Papineau uses sports to illuminate some of modern philosophy's most perplexing questions. As Papineau demonstrates, the study of sports clarifies, challenges, and sometimes confuses crucial issues in philosophy. The tactics of road bicycle racing shed new light on questions of altruism, while sporting family dynasties reorient the nature v. nurture debate. Why do sports competitors choke? Why do fans think God will favor their team over their rivals? How can it be moral to deceive the umpire by framing a pitch? From all of these questions, and many more, philosophy has a great deal to learn. An entertaining and erudite book that ranges far and wide through the sporting world, Knowing the Score is perfect reading for armchair philosophers and Monday morning quarterbacks alike.
Author: Paul Guyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-05-20
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1108909566
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat should our buildings look like? Or is their usability more important than their appearance? Paul Guyer argues that the fundamental goals of architecture first identified by the Roman architect Marcus Pollio Vitruvius - good construction, functionality, and aesthetic appeal - have remained valid despite constant changes in human activities, building materials and technologies, as well as in artistic styles and cultures. Guyer discusses philosophers and architects throughout history, including Alberti, Kant, Ruskin, Wright, and Loos, and surveys the ways in which their ideas are brought to life in buildings across the world. He also considers the works and words of contemporary architects including Annabelle Selldorf, Herzog and de Meuron, and Steven Holl, and shows that - despite changing times and fashions - good architecture continues to be something worth striving for. This new series offers short and personal perspectives by expert thinkers on topics that we all encounter in our everyday lives.
Author: Shawn E. Klein
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2016-12-14
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1498511589
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDefining Sport: Conceptions and Borderlines is not about the variations of usage of the term “sport.” It is about the concept, the range of activities in the world that we unite into one idea—sport. It is through the project of defining sport that we can come to understand these activities better, how they are similar or different, and how they relate to other human endeavors. This definitional inquiry, and the deeper appreciation and apprehension of sport that follows, is the core of this volume. Part I examines several of the standard and influential approaches to defining sport. Part II uses these approaches to examine various challenging borderline cases. These chapters examine the interplay of the borderline cases with the definition and provide a more thorough and clearer understanding of both the definition and the given cases. This work is not meant to be the definitive or exhaustive account of sport. It is meant to inspire further thought and debate on just what sport is; how it relates to other activities and human endeavors; and what we can learn about ourselves through the study of sport. This book will be of interest to scholars in philosophy of sport, history, communications, sociology, psychology, sports management, cultural studies, and physical education.
Author: Benjamin Hale
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 2012-03-30
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0812698185
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChess, the ancient strategy game, meets the latest, cutting-edge philosophy in this unique book. When 12 philosophers weigh in on one of the world's oldest and most beloved pastimes, the results are often surprising. Philosophical concepts as varied as phenomenology and determinism share the page with a treatise on hip-hop chess tactics and the question of whether Garry Kasparov is, in fact, a cyborg. Putting forth a remarkable array of different views on chess from philosophers with varied chess-proficiency, Philosophy Looks at Chess is an engaging read for chess adherents and the philosophically inclined alike.
Author: Onora O'Neill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-02-10
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 1108986811
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores how digital technologies have raised new ethical issues for communication.
Author: Jason Holt
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2013-11-22
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1554811465
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlike hefty anthologies and skinny monographs, this volume offers both concision and breadth: a mesomorphic text. The division of the book into two parts, the first on the nature of sport, the second on rules and values, is a natural one, reaching out from a grasp of what sport is toward an understanding of what it ought to be. In addition to the carefully selected readings, the book includes discussion questions and ideas for further inquiry, laying out the depth of debate in this rapidly growing field. Ultimately, readers will glean a richer understanding of what sport is and why it matters, so much and in so many ways, to so many people.
Author: Michael Ruse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-05-20
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1108820433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConsiders why humans consider themselves superior to all other animals, and whether they are right to do so.
Author: Nancy Cartwright
Publisher:
Published: 2022
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781009201896
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Three common images of science, widely shared alike by philosophers, scientists and people in general: 1) science = theory + experiment, 2) it's all physics really, 3) science is deterministic: it says that what happens next follows inexorably from what happened before. This book paints, one-by-one, alternative pictures to these three standard images of science "--
