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On Sport and the Philosophy of Sport

A Wittgensteinian Approach

  • Paperback
  • 246 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.4 cm

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What is the 'philosophy of sport'? What does one do to count as a practitioner in the philosophy of sport? What conception of philosophy underpins the answer to those questions? In this important new book, leading sport philosopher Graham McFee draws on a lifetime's philosophical inquiry to reconceptualise the field of study. The book covers important topics such as Olympism, the symbolisation of argument, and epistemology and aesthetics in sport research; and concludes with a section of 'applied' sport philosophy by looking at rules and officiating. Using a Wittgensteinian framework, and employing a rich array of sporting examples throughout, McFee challenges the assumptions of traditional analytic philosophy regarding the completeness required of concepts and the exceptionlessness required of philosophical claims, providing the reader with a new set of tools with which to approach this challenging subject. On Sport and the Philosophy of Sport is fascinating and important reading for any serious students or researchers of sport philosophy.
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  • Author

    Graham McFee

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Taylor & Francis Ltd

  • Published

    December 2016

  • Weight

    355g

  • Page Count

    246

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781138633599

  • ISBN-10

    1138633593

  • Eden Code

    4592651

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