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A Philosopher Looks at Sport by Stephen Mumford
Category: Philosophy | Series: A\Philosopher Looks At Ser.
Why is sport so important among participants and spectators when its goals seem so pointless? Stephen Mumford's book introduces the reader to a host of philosophical topics found in sport, and argues that sports activities reflect diverse human experiences - including important values that we continue t ...Show more
Football - The Philosophy Behind the Game by Stephen Mumford
Category: Sports and Hobbies
Football is the most popular sport on the planet partly because it's so simple to play - but as philosopher, novelist and avid fan Stephen Mumford shows, behind the straightforward rules of the game there lurks a world of intriguing complexity. Mumford considers the intellectual basis upon which footbal ...Show more
Glimpse of Light: New Meditations on First Philosophy by Stephen Mumford (Durham University, UK)
Category: Fiction
I firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds . . . But all around me were challenges. . . . How could we be so sure there were such things existing apart from us? Philosopher Benedict Chilwell faces a crisis of confidence and hopes to resolve it in a self-imposed exile, far away in the n ...Show more
Metaphysics - A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Mumford
Category: Culture | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Metaphysics is traditionally one of the four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epistemology. It is an area that continues to attract and fascinate many people, even though it is generally thought to be highly complex and abstract. For some it is associated with the mystical or rel ...Show more
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