Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box
By (Author) Eric Bronson
Foreword by Bill Littlefield
Edited by William Irwin
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
18th March 2004
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Baseball
796.357019
Physical Properties
Paperback
300
Width 152mm, Height 228mm
510g
Description
William Irwin has taken philosophy out of the academy and put it on the bestseller list. The series has been featured in The New York Times and People, and on NPR's All Things Considered. Now philosophy finds its real home in the dugout. In Baseball and Philosophy, 18 professors some from the new field devoted to the philosophy of sport, others unapologetic baseball fans explore the sport's deeper aspects. How can Zen be applied to hitting Do you play to win or play by the rules Is it ethical to employ deception in sports Can a game be defined by its written rules or are there also other constraints What can the U.S. Supreme Court learn from umpiring Why should baseball be the only industry exempt from antitrust laws These are some of the questions addressed in this witty, provocative blend of two major American pastimes: watching baseball and thinking about it.
