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20Muscular Imaginings—A Phenomenological and Enactive Model for ImaginationSport, Ethics and Philosophy 11 (1): 92-108. 2017.A phenomenological model is developed as an alternative to current analyses of the imagination in sport philosophy, heirs to an Enlightenment notion that conceptualizes imaginings as abstract, eidetic, and representational. EC describes how Eidetic and Corporeal Imaginings phenomenologically structure our imaginative undertakings. EIs keep the ‘ideal’ aspect, but CIs—enacted, corporeal, non-representational—are more fundamental and foundational. Sports are particularly suited to express CIs’ mus…Read more
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20Section IV. East and West Teamwork: A Comparative Analysis of Skillful PerformanceSport, Ethics and Philosophy 8 (4): 454-454. 2014.
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19On the Compatibility Between Confucianism and Modern OlympismJournal of Chinese Philosophy 43 (1-2): 103-123. 2016.At the confluence between Modern Olympism and Confucian teachings—nowadays embodied and expressed in East Asian Confucianisms—there are meaningful overlaps, significant challenges, and opportunities. This paper examines these. Despite radically different origins and apparently incommensurate tenets, we should not assume that the underlying ideals of Modern Olympism and East Asian Confucianisms cannot benefit mutually. It is precisely when considering their putative weak points, such as Modern Ol…Read more
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18Skillful Striving: Holism and the Cultivation of Excellence in Sports and Performative EndeavorsSport, Ethics and Philosophy 8 (3): 223-229. 2014.Skillful Striving investigates the nature of the cultivation of excellence, the conditions that render it possible, and its potential for inspiration from the perspective of enactive wisdom—one that by enacting lays down a way or path. Performative endeavors whose telos centrally involves physical performance—sports, martial and performing arts, crafts–—are the focus of this inquiry. These are privileged ways for a holistic cultivation of our talents and limitations. The main philosophical thrus…Read more
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11Relational Pain: The Perspective from the Other Side of the LensConstructivist Foundations 17 (2): 152-154. 2022.Open peer commentary on the article “Kaleidoscope of Pain: What and How Do You See Through It” by Maja Smrdu. Abstract: Relational dynamics are the vital cornerstone for a holistic understanding of chronic pain, particularly for a 5E stance. Enactivism and Buddhism prove most expedient to examine such dynamics in a theoretical and practical fashion.
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10Sports and Disciplined Movement – Paths To Stimulating StrivingsRecerca.Revista de Pensament I Anàlisi 18 49-72. 2016.The focus of this article is the relation between life, sport, and disciplined movement. How do these enhance life? This means looking at sports in terms of the qualitative experiences they afford and considering the role of disciplined movement. Phenomenological description helps explore the normative paths that heighten said experiences. At their best, such paths result in skillful strivings to excel within communitarian frameworks, of which the Japanese practices of self-cultivation are exemp…Read more
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9Holism and the Cultivation of Excellence in Sports and Performance is a multi-methodological and cross-cultural examination of how we flourish holistically through performative endeavors, e.g., sports, martial and performing arts. Relying primarily on sport philosophy, value theory, phenomenology, philosophy of mind, pragmatism, and East Asian philosophies (Japanese and Chinese), it espouses thick holism. Concerned with an integrative bodymind gradually achieved through performance that aims at …Read more
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8Winning with mētis: embodied virtues in sport practice, from Odysseus to MaradonaSport, Ethics and Philosophy 1-19. forthcoming.The Greek word mētis (μῆτις) traditionally refers to a particular form of wily intelligence associated with the arts of deception (dolos) and the knowledge of tricks (kerdē), subterfuges, and traps. Mētis evokes innovative and ground-breaking solutions, based on the capability to understand, anticipate, and possibly violate the others’ expectations. Most importantly, mētis presupposes practical wisdom, or prudence (phrόnesis), a dispositional quality that underpins all the virtues that deserve t…Read more
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6Kant goes skydiving : Understanding the extreme by way of the sublimeIn M. J. McNamee (ed.), Philosophy, Risk, and Adventure Sports, London ;routledge. 2007.
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3On the Crest of the WaveIn Patrick Goold & Fritz Allhoff (eds.), Sailing – Philosophy for Everyone, Blackwell. 2012-07-01.This chapter contains sections titled: Ahoy! The Sublime Poetry of Sail and Wind Poseidon's Wrath She Moves One is Free … on a Boat?
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3Life Cycles and the Stages of a Cycling LifeIn Fritz Allhoff, Jesús Ilundáin‐Agurruza & Michael W. Austin (eds.), Cycling ‐ Philosophy for Everyone, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010-09-24.This chapter contains sections titled: Child's Play Adolescent Infatuation Flourishing Adulthood Midlife Crisis Pit Stop Unreflective Maturity Maturity Cycles to Sofia (No, Not the Bulgarian Capital) Old Age Re‐Cycling Notes.
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2Getting in GearIn Fritz Allhoff, Jesús Ilundáin‐Agurruza & Michael W. Austin (eds.), Cycling ‐ Philosophy for Everyone, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010-09-24.This chapter contains sections titled: Notes.
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2Taking a ShotIn Fritz Allhoff & Nathan Kowalsky (eds.), Hunting Philosophy for Everyone, Wiley‐blackwell. 2010-09-24.This chapter contains sections titled: Looking Down the Barrel Chambering the Philosophical Rounds Firing Blanks Loaded Words and Shooting Straight The Virtuous Hunter Parting Shot Notes.
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Gol de media cancha: Conversaciones para disfrutar del deporte plenamente (review)Dilemata 209-215. 2012.
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Between the Horns. Part I: a dilemma in the interpretation of the running of the bullsSport, Ethics, and Philosophy 1 3. 2007.
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...In the Realms of Art: A Conceptual Inquiry of the Genesis of the Work of ArtDissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2000.The thesis is concerned with the creation and origin of the work of art. It attempts to explain the unique metaphysical status of artworks as cultural products. The genesis of the work of art, which I understand to be collaborative and deeply historical in nature, is analyzed using a framework that resorts to both philosophical traditions, analytic and continental, as well as to art history and sociology. I argue that the work of art is actualized when the artistic object is endowed with an inte…Read more
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Kant goes skydivingIn M. J. McNamee (ed.), Philosophy, Risk and Adventure Sports, London ;routledge. pp. 149. 2007.
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Between the Horns. Part II: an existentialist solution to the dilemma on the running of the bullsSport, Ethics, and Philosophy 2 1-18. 2008.
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Brains, Blades, and BuddhistsIn Robert H. Scott & James McRae (eds.), Introduction to Buddhist East Asia, Suny Press. pp. 101-129. 2023.
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Philosophy of Mind |
Aesthetics |
Applied Ethics |
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Philosophy of Mind |
Aesthetics |
Applied Ethics |
Asian Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |