Knowing the Score

David Papineau (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2017
Basic Books (Verlag)
978-0-465-04968-4 (ISBN)

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In 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.

David Papineau is a professor of philosophy of natural science at Kings College London and a distinguished professor of philosophy at the City University of New York. The author of eight philosophy books, Papineau lives in London, United Kingdom.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.04.2017
Sprache	englisch
Maße	146 x 219 mm
Gewicht	413 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-465-04968-0 / 0465049680
ISBN-13	978-0-465-04968-4 / 9780465049684
Zustand	Neuware