On sport and the philosophy of sport : a Wittgensteinian approach /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McFee, Graham
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2015.
Series:Ethics and sport.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.