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
APA 6th Edition Morgan, W.J. (2019). Analyse conceptuelle et enquête normative dans le sport. Remarque. Synthesis philosophica, 34 (2), 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
MLA 8th Edition Morgan, William J.. "Analyse conceptuelle et enquête normative dans le sport. Remarque." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 34, br. 2, 2019, str. 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201. Citirano 20.01.2021.
Chicago 17th Edition Morgan, William J.. "Analyse conceptuelle et enquête normative dans le sport. Remarque." Synthesis philosophica 34, br. 2 (2019): 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Harvard Morgan, W.J. (2019). 'Analyse conceptuelle et enquête normative dans le sport. Remarque', Synthesis philosophica, 34(2), str. 243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Vancouver Morgan WJ. Analyse conceptuelle et enquête normative dans le sport. Remarque. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2019 [pristupljeno 20.01.2021.];34(2):243-252. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
IEEE W.J. Morgan, "Analyse conceptuelle et enquête normative dans le sport. Remarque", Synthesis philosophica, vol.34, br. 2, str. 243-252, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
APA 6th Edition Morgan, W.J. (2019). Konzeptuelle Analyse und normative Untersuchung im Sport. Ein Warnhinweis. Synthesis philosophica, 34 (2), 243-253. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
MLA 8th Edition Morgan, William J.. "Konzeptuelle Analyse und normative Untersuchung im Sport. Ein Warnhinweis." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 34, br. 2, 2019, str. 243-253. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201. Citirano 20.01.2021.
Chicago 17th Edition Morgan, William J.. "Konzeptuelle Analyse und normative Untersuchung im Sport. Ein Warnhinweis." Synthesis philosophica 34, br. 2 (2019): 243-253. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Harvard Morgan, W.J. (2019). 'Konzeptuelle Analyse und normative Untersuchung im Sport. Ein Warnhinweis', Synthesis philosophica, 34(2), str. 243-253. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Vancouver Morgan WJ. Konzeptuelle Analyse und normative Untersuchung im Sport. Ein Warnhinweis. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2019 [pristupljeno 20.01.2021.];34(2):243-253. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
IEEE W.J. Morgan, "Konzeptuelle Analyse und normative Untersuchung im Sport. Ein Warnhinweis", Synthesis philosophica, vol.34, br. 2, str. 243-253, 2019. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp34201
Sažetak 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.