Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 44 No. 4, 2024.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/fi44407
Immanuel Kant and Philosophy of Sport. About Used and Missed Opportunities for Scoring
Matija Mato Škerbić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0006-4533
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet hrvatskih studija, Borongajska cesta 83d, HR–10000 Zagreb
Igor Eterović
orcid.org/0000-0002-2232-0289
; Sveučilište u Rijeci, Medicinski fakultet, Braće Branchetta 20, HR–51000 Rijeka
Abstract
Immanuel Kant’s philosophy is often consulted and used in the philosophy of sport, but typically in a cursory and oversimplified manner. He is often used as a starting point in argumentation to reinforce a taken position, often serving as a simplified adversary, or “straw man”, without the intention of deeply understanding his stance. In this paper, for the first time in existing literature, we will provide a comprehensive critical review and evaluation of the use of Kant’s philosophy in the discourse of the philosophy of sport. On one hand, we will examine papers that consider aspects of Kant’s philosophy in the context of sport. On the other hand, we will focus on papers in which parts of Kant’s philosophy play a central role within the discourse, discussion, or debate, particularly in four areas of the philosophy of sport: a) the epistemology of sport (e.g., Lopez Frias 2017); b) the ethics of sport (e.g., Loland 1998, 2002); c) the aesthetics of sport (e.g., Kreft 2015; Edgar 2015; Borge 2015); and d) the anthropology of sport (e.g., McNamee 2008). It should be noted that only a small number of papers are explicitly dedicated to Kant, and these will receive special attention. In the final part, we will summarize critical assessments of the use of Kant’s philosophy in the philosophy of sport and indicate possible Kantian directions in the philosophy of sport.
Keywords
Immanuel Kant; philosophy of sport; epistemology of sport; ethics of sport; aesthetics of sport; anthropology of sport
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330315
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Publication date:
30.12.2024.
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