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Pragmatism and the philosophy of sport / edited by John Kaag, Douglas Anderson, and Richard Lally. - vii, 202 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Pragmatism and the seasoned practitioner / Process and the sport experience / Peircean reflections on the personality of a fútbol club / Paddling in the stream of consciousness: describing the movement of Jamesian inquiry / Running in place: significance on the treadmill? / Where should LeBron's loyalty lie? Where should ours? / Agapastic coaching: Charles Peirce, coaching philosophy, and theories of evolution / Gender, sports, and the ethics of teammates: toward an outline of a philosophy of sport in the American grain / Dick Butkus, pragmatism, and performance art / Towards a somatic sport feminism / Living the injury: a phenomenological inquiry into finding meaning / Deweyan pragmatism and self-cultivation / Richard Lally -- Douglas R. Hochstetler -- Daniel Campos -- John Kaag -- Doug Hochstetler -- Mathew A. Foust -- Tim Elcombe -- Brent Crouch -- Douglas Anderson -- Joan Grassbaugh Forry -- Jill Tracey -- Richard Lally.

ISBN: 0739178407 9780739178409

LCCN: 2012033849

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sports--Philosophy.
Pragmatism.

LC Class. No.: GV706 / .P65 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 796.01