Philosophical Issues in Sport Science / / Emily Ryall.

• VerfasserIn: Ryall, Emily,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (140 pages)

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. It is divided into three sections: 1. Scientific evidence, causation, and sport; 2. Science technology and sport officiating; and 3. Scientific influences on 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 and key problems resulting from these and to provide recommendations for improving its practice.

Table of Contents

About the Special Issue Editor vii -- Introduction to Philosophical Issues in Sport Science 1 -- The Necessity of Philosophy in the Exercise Sciences 9 -- The Hazards of a Biomedical Exercise Paradigm: Exploring the Praxis of Exercise Professionals 20 -- What Might a Theory of Causation Do for Sport? 33 -- Casuistic Reasoning, Standards of Evidence, and Expertise on Elite Athletes' Nutrition 44 -- Unnatural Technology in a "Natural" Practice? Human Nature and Performance-Enhancing Technology in Sport 55 -- Chips and Showmanship: Running and Technology 71 -- Applying Philosophy to Refereeing and Umpiring Technology 77 -- Why You Don't Have to Choose between Accuracy and Human Officiating (But You Might Want to Anyway) 84 -- Something's Got to Give: Reconsidering the Justification for a Gender Divide in Sport 93 -- Testosterone: 'the Best Discriminating Factor' 106 -- Sports Tournaments and Social Choice Theory 121.