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Informationen zum Autor Editor Stephen E. Schmid is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Rock County. His doctoral work was in philosophy of mind and his current research focuses on motivation in sport and education. Schmid has been playing in the mountains and on rock for more than 20 years. Series Editor Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series, Allhoff is the volume editor or co-editor for several titles, including Wine & Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Whiskey & Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). Klappentext Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone presents a collection of intellectually stimulating new essays that address the philosophical issues relating to risk, ethics, and other aspects of climbing that are of interest to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers.* Represents the first collection of essays to exclusively address the many philosophical aspects of climbing* Includes essays that challenge commonly accepted views of climbing and climbing ethics* Written accessibly, this book will appeal to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers* Includes a foreword written by Hans Florine Zusammenfassung Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone presents a collection of intellectually stimulating new essays that address the philosophical issues relating to risk, ethics, and other aspects of climbing that are of interest to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword ix Hans Florine Acknowledgments xiii Stephen E. Schmid Philosophizing into the Void: An Introduction to Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone 1 Stephen E. Schmid Part I Tying In: Why Risk Climbing 11 1 Climbing and the Stoic Conception of Freedom 13 Kevin Krein 2 Risk and Reward: Is Climbing Worth It? 24 Paul Charlton 3 Why Climb? 37 Joe Fitschen 4 Jokers on the Mountain: In Defense of Gratuitous Risk 49 Heidi Howkins Lockwood Part II Quest for the Summit: Cultivating the Climber 65 5 High Aspirations: Climbing and Self-Cultivation 67 Brian Treanor 6 More than Meets the "I": Values of Dangerous Sport 81 Pam R. Sailors 7 Mountaineering and the Value of Self-Sufficiency 93 Philip A. Ebert and Simon Robertson 8 It Ain't Fast Food: An Authentic Climbing Experience 106 Ben Levey 9 Zen and the Art of Climbing 117 Eric Swan Part III Cutting the Rope: Climbing Ethics 131 10 Freedom and Individualism on the Rocks 133 Dane Scott 11 Hold Manufacturing: Why You May Be Wrong About What's Right 145 William Ramsey 12 The Ethics of Free Soloing 158 Marcus Agnafors 13 Making Mountains Out of Heaps: Environmental Protection One Stone at a Time 169 Dale Murray Part IV Mixed Climbing: Philosophy on Varied Terrain 181 14 From Route Finding to Redpointing: Climbing Culture as a Gift Economy 183 Debora Halbert 15 Are You Experienced? What You Don't Know About Your Climbing Experience 195 Stephen M. Downes 16 What is a Climbing Grade Anyway? 206 Richard G. Graziano 17 The Beauty of a Climb 218 Gunnar Karlsen Climbing Glossary 230 Notes on Contributors 237 ...
