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  1. (1 other version)The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia.Bernard Suits & Thomas Hurka - 1978 - Peterborough, CA: Broadview Press.
    In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. "Nonsense," says the sensible Bernard Suits: "playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles." The short book Suits wrote demonstrating precisely that is as playful as it is insightful, as stimulating as it is delightful. Suits not only argues that games can be meaningfully defined; he also suggests that playing games is a central (...)
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  • Canadian Figure Skaters, French Judges, and Realism in Sport.Nicholas Dixon - 2003 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 30 (2):103-116.
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  • (2 other versions)Gamesmanship.Leslie A. Howe - 2004 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 31 (2):212-225.
    “What are you prepared to do to win?” This is a question that any serious competitor will at one time or another have to consider. The answer that one is inclined to make, I shall argue, is revealing of the deeper character of the individual participant in sport as both physical competitor and moral person. To that end, I examine one of the classic responses to the question, gamesmanship, which can be characterised as an attempt to win one game by (...)
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  • Sports, ethics and education.Peter James Arnold - 1997 - Herndon, VA: Cassell.
    Examines the relationship between sport and education from both social and moral points of view. The text argues that sport has such a vital role to play in society that it should be an integral part of the curriculum. It presents guidelines for an effective teaching of sports in schools.
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  • Are Rules All an Umpire Has to Work With?J. S. Russell - 1999 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 26 (1):27-49.
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  • (2 other versions)Internalism and Internal Values in Sport.Robert L. Simon - 2000 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 27 (1):1-16.
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  • Philosophical Aspects of Sports Symbolism.C. D. Herrera - 2001 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 28 (1):107-116.
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  • (2 other versions)On Winning and Athletic Superiority.Nicholas Dixon - 1999 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 26 (1):10-26.
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  • Appearing respectful: The moral significance of manners.Sarah Buss - 1999 - Ethics 109 (4):795-826.
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  • Review of Robert L. Simon: Fair Play: Sports, Values, and Society.[REVIEW]Robert L. Simon - 1993 - Ethics 104 (1):188-190.
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  • Rorty, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, and Change in Sport.Nicholas Dixon - 2001 - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 28 (1):78-88.
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  • Philosophy of sport.Drew Hyland - 1990 - New York: Paragon House.
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