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Ryall, Emily S 
ORCID: 0000-0002-6050-4353
(2019)
Introduction to Philosophical Issues in Sport Science.
Philosophies, 4 (4).
pp. 57-63.
doi:doi.org/10.3390/philosophies4040057
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Abstract
The role and value of science within sport increases with ever greater professionalization and commercialization. Scientific and technological innovations are devised to increase performance, ensure greater accuracy of measurement and officiating, reduce risks of harm, enhance spectatorship and raise revenues. However, such innovations inevitably come up against epistemological and metaphysical problems related to the nature of sport and physical competition. This special issue identifies and explores key and contemporary philosophical issues in relation to the science of sport and exercise. The opening four chapters focus on the nature of scientific evidence, and causation in sport; the middle four chapters on the influence of science and technology and its relationship to sport officiating; whilst the final three chapters consider the way in which science affects the construction of sport. It brings together scholars working on philosophical problems in sport to examine issues related to the values and assumptions behind sport and exercise science, key problems that result, and provide recommendations for improving its practice.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Article Type: | Editorial |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) Q Science > QP Physiology > QP301.H75 Physiology. Sport |
| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education and Science |
| Research Priority Areas: | Health, Life Sciences, Sport and Wellbeing |
| Depositing User: | Emily Ryall |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2020 15:40 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2023 09:08 |
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/7889 |
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