Games, Sports, and Play - Philosophical Essays

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I: The Concept 'Game'


• 1: Thomas Hurka: Suits on Games: Slightly Revised, Slightly Restricted


• 2: Peter King: Winning, Losing, and Playing the Game


• 3: C. Thi Nguyen: The Forms and Fluidity of Game Play


• 4: Michael Ridge: How to Play Well With Others


• Part II: The Concept 'Sport'


• 4: Mitchell N. Berman: Sport as a Thick Cluster Concept


• 6: David Papineau: The Nature and Value of Sport


• Part III: Fairness in Sports and Games


• 7: Leslie Francis: The Metaphor of a 'Level Playing Field' in Games and Sports


• 8: Lauren Bialystok and Mark Kingwell: The Fragility of Fairness: Rethinking the Ethics of the Women's Category in Sports


• Part IV: The Value of Games and Sports


• 9: Shelly Kagan: Grasshopper, Aristotle, Bob Adams, and Me


• 10: Bernard Suits: Return of the Grasshopper: Games and the End of the Future

About the author

Thomas Hurka is Chancellor Henry N. R. Jackman Professor of Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of many works in moral and political philosophy, including Perfectionism (1993), Virtue, Vice, and Value (2001), The Best Things in Life (2011), and British Ethical Theorists From Sidgwick to Ewing (2014). Much of his research has concerned the human good, or which states and activities make our lives most desirable. He has held Guggenheim and Killam Research Fellowships, and was awarded the 2017 Killam Prize in the Humanities by the Canada Council.

Summary

A distinguished group of philosophers discuss a wide range of issues about games, sport, and play - a topic largely neglected in recent philosophical literature. They ask consider what games and sports have in common, pose questions about their value, and add philosophical voices to the on-going debates in game studies.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas (Chancellor Henry N.r. Jackman Disti Hurka
• Assisted by: Thomas Hurka (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2019
• EAN: 9780198798354
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879835-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Engaging Philosophy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Sociology, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Anthropology, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Hobbies, quizzes & games, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / General, Hobbies, quizzes and games