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On Sport and the Philosophy of Sport: A Wittgensteinian Approach

On Sport and the Philosophy of Sport: A Wittgensteinian Approach

by McFee, Graham
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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. 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.

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BrandRoutledge
Pub dateJun 2, 2015
ISBN-101138907863
ISBN-139781138907867
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions9.21 × 0.63 × 6.14 in
Weight1 lb
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