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Sport, Rules and Values [[electronic resource] ] : Philosophical Investigations into the Nature of Sport
| Sport, Rules and Values [[electronic resource] ] : Philosophical Investigations into the Nature of Sport |
| Autore | McFee Graham |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina |
796.01
796/.01 |
| Collana | Ethics and Sport |
| Soggetto topico |
Sports - Moral and ethical aspects
Sports - Philosophy Sports - Rules |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-58499-9
9786613897442 1-134-33016-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Sport, rules and values; Organization of the text; Some central ideas for this text; Hope for a philosophy of sport?; A view of philosophy?; The audience for this work; PART I Rules in explaining sport; 1 Definiteness and defining sport; The issues; Why define?; A definition (of sport) is neither possible nor desirable; Mistakenly thinking one has a definition; Rule-following and definition; The philosophical point (or lack of it) of definition; What is in common?; 2 Rule-following and formalism in sport
Formalism: explaining sport in terms of rules?Criticisms: the adequacy of formalism?; Some defence of formalism; Constitutive and regulative uses of rules; Some general considerations about rule-following; Some implications for formalism; An occasion-sensitive view of meaning and understanding; Rule-following and understanding; 3 Rule-following and rule-formulations; Formalism extended: the idea of more kinds of rules; Alternatives to formalism - the ethoi position; Two versions of ethos account; Ethos: a normative account; Rules and the purposes of sport; More fundamental criticisms Rules and rule-formulations4 Practices and normativity in sport; A view of practices; Ethos, practice and normativity; Customs and rules; Conclusion to Part I; PART II Rules in judging sport; 5 Aesthetic sports, publicity and judgement calls; Just about every call is a judgement call; Two kinds of sports?; What is subjectivity?; Two bad arguments for the subjectivity of judgements; Objectivity and options; Aesthetic sports: the importance of judgement; 6 Principles and the application of rules; The need to apply the rules (even for purposive sports); Some cases?; Principles and discretion A parallel: the moral reading of the American Constitution?7 Spoiling, cheating and playing the game; Spoiling - 'legal' cheating; The spoiling example; The issue of generality; Finding the real rules?; Some other cases; Cheating and rule-following; What is wrong with cheating?; Why obey rules?; Conclusion to Part II: the moral imperative is intrinsic; PART III Rules in valuing sport; 8 The project of a moral laboratory; and particularism; Sport's moral dimension?; Explanations and qualifications; The argument; Investigation of the premises; Particularism and moral judgement Thinking about the moral laboratoryProblem: the moral nature of sport?; Outcomes; 9 The value of sport; Reasons for participation in sport; Normative and motivating reasons; Normative reasons, rules and sport; The persistence of value; The remaking of value-formulations; 10 Relativism, objectivity and truth; The denial of the coherence of relativism; The postmodern challenge: incredulity towards metanarratives; Understanding and the concrete; The postmodern challenge II: reason and science; One sporting world?; Conclusion: Sport, rules and philosophy; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462399103321 |
McFee Graham
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| Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sport, Rules and Values [[electronic resource] ] : Philosophical Investigations into the Nature of Sport
| Sport, Rules and Values [[electronic resource] ] : Philosophical Investigations into the Nature of Sport |
| Autore | McFee Graham |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina |
796.01
796/.01 |
| Collana | Ethics and Sport |
| Soggetto topico |
Sports - Moral and ethical aspects
Sports - Philosophy Sports - Rules |
| ISBN |
1-280-07946-0
1-134-33015-4 0-203-29987-6 0-203-68560-1 1-283-58499-9 9786613897442 1-134-33016-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Sport, rules and values; Organization of the text; Some central ideas for this text; Hope for a philosophy of sport?; A view of philosophy?; The audience for this work; PART I Rules in explaining sport; 1 Definiteness and defining sport; The issues; Why define?; A definition (of sport) is neither possible nor desirable; Mistakenly thinking one has a definition; Rule-following and definition; The philosophical point (or lack of it) of definition; What is in common?; 2 Rule-following and formalism in sport
Formalism: explaining sport in terms of rules?Criticisms: the adequacy of formalism?; Some defence of formalism; Constitutive and regulative uses of rules; Some general considerations about rule-following; Some implications for formalism; An occasion-sensitive view of meaning and understanding; Rule-following and understanding; 3 Rule-following and rule-formulations; Formalism extended: the idea of more kinds of rules; Alternatives to formalism - the ethoi position; Two versions of ethos account; Ethos: a normative account; Rules and the purposes of sport; More fundamental criticisms Rules and rule-formulations4 Practices and normativity in sport; A view of practices; Ethos, practice and normativity; Customs and rules; Conclusion to Part I; PART II Rules in judging sport; 5 Aesthetic sports, publicity and judgement calls; Just about every call is a judgement call; Two kinds of sports?; What is subjectivity?; Two bad arguments for the subjectivity of judgements; Objectivity and options; Aesthetic sports: the importance of judgement; 6 Principles and the application of rules; The need to apply the rules (even for purposive sports); Some cases?; Principles and discretion A parallel: the moral reading of the American Constitution?7 Spoiling, cheating and playing the game; Spoiling - 'legal' cheating; The spoiling example; The issue of generality; Finding the real rules?; Some other cases; Cheating and rule-following; What is wrong with cheating?; Why obey rules?; Conclusion to Part II: the moral imperative is intrinsic; PART III Rules in valuing sport; 8 The project of a moral laboratory; and particularism; Sport's moral dimension?; Explanations and qualifications; The argument; Investigation of the premises; Particularism and moral judgement Thinking about the moral laboratoryProblem: the moral nature of sport?; Outcomes; 9 The value of sport; Reasons for participation in sport; Normative and motivating reasons; Normative reasons, rules and sport; The persistence of value; The remaking of value-formulations; 10 Relativism, objectivity and truth; The denial of the coherence of relativism; The postmodern challenge: incredulity towards metanarratives; Understanding and the concrete; The postmodern challenge II: reason and science; One sporting world?; Conclusion: Sport, rules and philosophy; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785790103321 |
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McFee Graham
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| Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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