On sport and the philosophy of sport : a Wittgensteinian approach / Graham McFee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McFee, Graham, author.

Series:

Ethics and sport

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Philosophy.

Sports.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

viii, 233 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Contents:

Introduction

Part 1. Elements for a positive account. Making sense of sport: a positive account

The place of "practices"

Part 2. Prospects for a philosophy of sport. Philosophical issues in respect of sport

Making sense of philosophy of sport

Against the symbolization of arguments in the philosophy of sport: a worked example

Future prospects for the philosophy of sport: epistemology and aesthetics?

Part 3. Rational reconstruction and history. Amateurism in de Coubertin's Olympism

Part 4. Rules, decisions and officiating. A framework for understanding officiating in purposive sports

Officiating in aesthetic sports

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138907867

1138907863

OCLC:

905969726