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939On competing against oneself, or 'I need to get a different voice in my head'Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 2 (3). 2008.In a recent paper, Kevin Krein argues that the notion of self-competition is misplaced in adventure sports and of only limited application altogether, for two main reasons: (i) the need for a consistent and repeatable measure of performance; and (ii) the requirement of multiple competitors. Moreover, where an individual is engaged in a sport in which the primary feature with which they are engaged is a natural one, Krein argues that the more accurate description of their activity is not 'competi…Read more
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173Athletics, embodiment, and the appropriation of the selfJournal of Speculative Philosophy 17 (2): 92-107. 2003.The paper argues that authentic human selfhood requires the adequate integration of bodily awareness into the self-conception of self, and that a highly significant contributor to this process is athletic activity (sports). The role of athletics in self-integration is examined from phenomenological and moral-political standpoints, and it is argued that, although athletic activity's inherent goal of realizing ontological unity through embodied intentionality is ideally suited to this task, the or…Read more
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405Queer revelations: Desire, identity, and self-deceitPhilosophical Forum 36 (3). 2005.I argue that understanding the self in terms of narrative construction does not preclude the possibility of error concerning one’s own self. Identity is a projection of first and second-order desires and a product of choice in relation to desire. Self-deceit appears in this connection as a response to an identity that one has constructed through choice and/or desire but not acknowledged in one’s self-account, reflecting a conflict between desires or a motivated failure to account. This analys…Read more
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206GamesmanshipJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 31 (2): 212-225. 2004.“What are you prepared to do to win?” This is a question that any serious competitor will at one time or another have to consider. The answer that one is inclined to make, I shall argue, is revealing of the deeper character of the individual participant in sport as both physical competitor and moral person. To that end, I examine one of the classic responses to the question, gamesmanship, which can be characterised as an attempt to win one game by playing another. I contend that gamesmanship…Read more
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Areas of Interest
The Self |
Practical Identity |
Existentialism |
19th Century Philosophy |
Philosophy of Sport |