Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note
William J. Morgan
; University of Southern California, USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089–9003
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APA 6th Edition
Morgan, W.J. (2019). Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note. Synthesis philosophica, 34 (2), 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
MLA 8th Edition
Morgan, William J.. "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 34, no. 2, 2019, pp. 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Morgan, William J.. "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note." Synthesis philosophica 34, no. 2 (2019): 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Harvard
Morgan, W.J. (2019). 'Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note', Synthesis philosophica, 34(2), pp. 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Vancouver
Morgan WJ. Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2024 December 22];34(2):243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
IEEE
W.J. Morgan, "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note", Synthesis philosophica, vol.34, no. 2, pp. 243-252, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
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APA 6th Edition
Morgan, W.J. (2019). Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note. Synthesis philosophica, 34 (2), 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
MLA 8th Edition
Morgan, William J.. "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 34, no. 2, 2019, pp. 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Morgan, William J.. "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note." Synthesis philosophica 34, no. 2 (2019): 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Harvard
Morgan, W.J. (2019). 'Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note', Synthesis philosophica, 34(2), pp. 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Vancouver
Morgan WJ. Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2024 December 22];34(2):243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
IEEE
W.J. Morgan, "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note", Synthesis philosophica, vol.34, no. 2, pp. 243-252, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
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APA 6th Edition
Morgan, W.J. (2019). Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note. Synthesis philosophica, 34 (2), 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
MLA 8th Edition
Morgan, William J.. "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 34, no. 2, 2019, pp. 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Morgan, William J.. "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note." Synthesis philosophica 34, no. 2 (2019): 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Harvard
Morgan, W.J. (2019). 'Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note', Synthesis philosophica, 34(2), pp. 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Vancouver
Morgan WJ. Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2024 December 22];34(2):243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
IEEE
W.J. Morgan, "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note", Synthesis philosophica, vol.34, no. 2, pp. 243-252, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
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APA 6th Edition
Morgan, W.J. (2019). Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note. Synthesis philosophica, 34 (2), 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
MLA 8th Edition
Morgan, William J.. "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 34, no. 2, 2019, pp. 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Morgan, William J.. "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note." Synthesis philosophica 34, no. 2 (2019): 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Harvard
Morgan, W.J. (2019). 'Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note', Synthesis philosophica, 34(2), pp. 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Vancouver
Morgan WJ. Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2019 [cited 2024 December 22];34(2):243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
IEEE
W.J. Morgan, "Conceptual Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Sport. A Cautionary Note", Synthesis philosophica, vol.34, no. 2, pp. 243-252, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Abstract
Bernard Suits’s classic definitions of games and sport have been widely credited as important philosophical achievements. I share that laudable view of his definitional work. But in this essay I warn against a growing tendency in the philosophy of sport literature to gloss Suits’s definition of these key concepts as metaphysical achievements as well, as discoveries of the true essences of games and sport. I focus my critical attention on the most recent example of such metaphysical overreach, Colin McGinn’s account of games featured in his recent book, Truth by Analysis: Games, Names, and Philosophy. I argue that McGinn’s metaphysical interpretation of Suits’s conceptual analysis of games and sport is ill conceived and examine the normative fallout of interpreting Suits in this way.
Keywords
conceptual analysis; normative inquiry; metaphysics; essence; social features
Hrčak ID:
232363
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/232363
Publication date:
20.12.2019.
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