Sport: A Philosophical Inquiry

by Paul Weiss and Professor Paul Weiss PhD

Book Overview

In a wide-ranging study of unusual interest, Paul Weiss, Sterling Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, applies the principles and methods of philosophy to athletics. Every culture, he notes, has games of some kind; few activities seem to interest both children and young men as much as sports do; and few attract so many spectators, rich and poor. Yet none of the great philosophers, claiming to take all knowledge and being as their province,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809305011
• ISBN13: 9780809305018
• Release Date: March 1971
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A Philosophic inquiry on Sport

Table of Contents Chapter 1 Concern for excellence 2 The attraction of athletes 3 The challenge of the body 4 Dedicated men 5 The equipped body 6 Health 7 The athlete in action 8 The athlete in action: endurance, strength, accuracy, coordination 9 Play, sport, and game 10 The game 11 The urge to win 12 Ameteurs and professionals 13 Women athletes 14 The standardization of sport 15 A metaphysical excursus

Great read

This book is a great read from start to finish. Weiss takes a concept never before written upon, and delves completely into it. He starts off so simply so as not to lose the reader even with one single assumption. A credit to Weiss' diligence and persistence. He does not miss a single thing. Although a little out of date by todays standards, it is still a good basis with which anyone writing or reading about sports philosophy should start.