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23Freeride skiing – the values of freedom and creativityJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 51 (2): 350-366. 2024.Freeride skiing is the fastest-growing sector of the skiing industry, but there are no studies analyzing its nature and values. First, we provide descriptions of freeride skiing and competitive freeride skiing, trying to analyzing the nature of these activities in comparison and contrast with conceptions of traditional sport and nature sport. Whilst freeride skiing must be seen in some sense as a nature sport, competitive freeride skiing is best seen within the category of traditional sport. How…Read more
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13Esports, real sports and the Olympic Virtual SeriesJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 50 (2): 208-228. 2023.Despite reservations over the status of esports as sports, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has, for policy reasons, encouraged International Federations to pursue links with providers of ‘virtual and simulated’ sports, in part by the introduction of an event, the Olympic Virtual Series, first held in 2021. In providing an account of ‘virtuality’ and ‘simulation’, we query the theoretical basis of the Olympic Virtual Series. In particular, we query the IOC’s use of the term ‘virtual’ in…Read more
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51Transgender Athletes and Principles of Sport Categorization: Why Genealogy and the Gendered Body Will Not HelpSport, Ethics and Philosophy 17 (1): 21-33. 2021.This paper offers a discussion of the rationale for the creation of sports categorization criteria based on sporting genealogy and the gendered body, as proposed by Torres et al. in their article ‘Beyond Physiology: Embodied Experience, Embodied Advantage, and the Inclusion of Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sport’. The strength of their ‘phenomenological’ account lies in its complex account of human experience; but this is also what makes it impractical and difficult to operationalize. Cate…Read more
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27Book Symposium: Kevin Krein’s Philosophy and Nature SportsSport, Ethics and Philosophy 17 (2): 240-274. 2022.This is a book symposium on Kevin Krein’s Philosophy and Nature Sports. Gunnar Breivik, Jim Parry and Irena Martínková, and Rebekah Humphreys provide critical commentary on the text. The critical comments are followed by a response from Krein. The discussion covers a broad range of topics. These include the definition of “sport,” comparisons between nature sports and friluftsliv, the role of risk in nature sports, the experience of flow and the sublime in nature sports, and the understanding of …Read more
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37WADA’s Concept of the ’Protected Person’ – and Why it is No Protection for MinorsSport, Ethics and Philosophy 17 (1): 58-69. 2022.The recent alleged doping case of the figure skater Kamila Valieva at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing 2022 dramatically raised the issue of the protection of minors in anti-doping policy. We firstly present the literature on doping in relation to minors. Secondly, we present WADA’s Protected Person (PP) concept and its implications. Thirdly, we analyse the WADA Code’s purpose and the vulnerability of minors under the Code, and fourthly, we identify the real threats from which minors should b…Read more
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80On the Definition of SportSport, Ethics and Philosophy 17 (1): 49-57. 2022.This paper side-steps the question of whether ‘the’ concept of sport exists, or can be usefully analysed. Instead, I try to explain the much more modest aim of exhibition-analysis, which is to seek a description of an actually existing example of some concept of sport internal to a normative position. My example is that of Olympic-sport. I try to set out its logically necessary conditions, which of course are conditioned by its context within a theory that emphasises the values of formal competi…Read more
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27Slow Sport and Slow Philosophy: Practices Suitable (Not Only) for LockdownsSport, Ethics and Philosophy 16 (2): 159-164. 2022.Before the pandemic, our life was often described as fast, since in globalised society speed has been generally understood as a marker of efficiency, productivity and diligence; and so many people...
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58Sex and gender in sport categorization: aiming for terminological clarityJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 49 (1): 134-150. 2022.It is difficult to develop good arguments when the central terms of the discussion are unclear – as with the current confused state of sex and gender terminology. Sports organisations and sports re...
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16Review essay: practical philosophy of sport, by R. Scott KretchmarJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 22 (1). 1995.
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2Aggression and violence in elite competitive sportIn M. J. McNamee & S. J. Parry (eds.), Ethics and sport, E & Fn Spon. pp. 205--224. 1998.
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100Transgender Athletes and Principles of Sport Categorization: Why Genealogy and the Gendered Body Will Not HelpSport, Ethics and Philosophy 4 (1): 1-13. 2021.This paper offers a discussion of the rationale for the creation of sports categorization criteria based on sporting genealogy and the gendered body, as proposed by Torres et al. in their article ‘Beyond Physiology: Embodied Experience, Embodied Advantage, and the Inclusion of Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sport’. The strength of their ‘phenomenological’ account lies in its complex account of human experience; but this is also what makes it impractical and difficult to operationalize. Cate…Read more
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4The Olympic Games Explained: A Student Guide to the Evolution of the Modern Olympic GamesPsychology Press. 2005.This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through to the beginnings of the International Olympic Committee.
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4Experiential Learning and Outdoor Education: Traditions of practice and philosophical perspectives (edited book)Routledge. 2019.This book adds to the theoretical development of the emerging fields of experiential learning and outdoor education by examining the central concept, 'experience', and interrogating a central claim of experiential learning: whether, and if so how, a short-term singular experience can transform a participant's life as a whole and in a permanent way. While such a possibility has been corroborated by the personal testimonies of participants, and the activities of instructors over many years, the bo…Read more
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248E-sports are Not SportsSport, Ethics and Philosophy 13 (1): 3-18. 2018.The conclusion of this paper will be that e-sports are not sports. I begin by offering a stipulation and a definition. I stipulate that what I have in mind, when thinking about the concept of sport, is ‘Olympic’ sport. And I define an Olympic Sport as an institutionalised, rule-governed contest of human physical skill. The justification for the stipulation lies partly in that it is uncontroversial. Whatever else people might think of as sport, no-one denies that Olympic Sport is sport. This seek…Read more
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5Body Ecology and Emersive Leisure (edited book)Routledge. 2018.The emerging field of body ecology offers fresh insights into how the body engages with its surrounding environment through consciousness, perception, knowledge and emotion. In this groundbreaking collection, leading scholars of sport, leisure and philosophy draw on research on topics as diverse as surfing, freediving, slacklining, parkour, bodybuilding, dance and circus arts to flesh out the concept of body ecology and its potential for helping us understand our connection with the world around…Read more
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Part III IntroductionIn S. Jim Parry, Mark Nesti & Nick Watson (eds.), Theology, ethics and transcendence in sports, Routledge. pp. 181. 2011.
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10 Zen, Movement and SportsIn S. Jim Parry, Mark Nesti & Nick Watson (eds.), Theology, ethics and transcendence in sports, Routledge. pp. 211. 2011.
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32Eichberg’s ‘Phenomenology’ of Sport: A Phenomenal ConfusionSport, Ethics and Philosophy 7 (3): 331-341. 2013.This paper defends philosophical phenomenology against a hostile review in the previous issue of this journal. It tries to explain what philosophical phenomenology is, and the possibilities for its empirical application; whilst also showing that Eichberg’s method is idiosyncratic, problematic and not interested in philosophical phenomenology at all. It presents the phenomenological concept of phenomenon, which is neither concrete nor abstract, and contrasts it to Eichberg’s understanding of empi…Read more
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27Safe Danger – On the Experience of Challenge, Adventure and Risk in EducationSport, Ethics and Philosophy 11 (1): 75-91. 2017.This article reconsiders the presence and value of danger in outdoor and adventurous activities and sports in safety-conscious societies, especially in relation to the education of children and youth. Based on an original analysis of the relation between the concepts of ‘risk’ and ‘danger’, we offer an account of the relation between challenge, adventure, risk and danger, and emphasise the importance of teaching risk recognition, risk assessment, risk management and risk avoidance to children an…Read more
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40Sport and Olympism: Universals and MulticulturalismJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 33 (2): 188-204. 2006.No abstract
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41Heideggerian hermeneutics and its application to sportSport, Ethics and Philosophy 10 (4): 364-374. 2016.Whilst hermeneutics had been traditionally associated with the interpretation of texts, Martin Heidegger gave it a new meaning, associating it with the interpretation of the existence of Dasein. This paper will explain the Heideggerian understanding of hermeneutics, based on the early work of Heidegger which focuses on the analysis of the being of Dasein. His main contribution was a shift of focus from the interpretation of an unknown object to the interpretation of the human being, which Heideg…Read more
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75The Youth Olympic Games – Some Ethical IssuesSport, Ethics and Philosophy 6 (2): 138-154. 2012.This paper presents some of the background to the development of the Youth Olympic Games, the principles underlying them, and some of the practical challenges in implementing them. Regarding the sports programme, modifications from the Olympic Games programme are noted, and innovations examined in terms of underlying values, such as immaturity and harm, talent identification and early specialisation, and the exploitation of young athletes. Issues arising from the first edition of the YOG include…Read more
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34Olympic Ethics and Philosophy: Old Wine in New BottlesSport, Ethics and Philosophy 6 (2): 103-107. 2012.Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 103-107, May 2012
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37The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of SportJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 42 (3): 463-468. 2015.
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43Martial Categories: Clarification and ClassificationJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 43 (1): 143-162. 2016.The gradual appearance and relative stabilisation of the names of different kinds of martial activities in different cultures and contexts has led to confusion and to an unhelpful and unjustifiable elision of meanings, which merges different modes of combat and other martial activities. To gain a clearer perspective on this area, we must enquire into the criteria according to which the various kinds of martial activities are classified. Our assessment of the literature suggests that there is no …Read more
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1Violence and aggression in contemporary sportIn M. J. McNamee & S. J. Parry (eds.), Ethics and sport, E & Fn Spon. pp. 205--224. 1998.
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39Practical Philosophy of Sport by R. Scott KretchmarJournal of the Philosophy of Sport 22 (1): 108-110. 1995.
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76An Introduction to the Phenomenological Study of SportSport, Ethics and Philosophy 5 (3). 2011.In the literature related to the study of sport, the idea of phenomenology appears with various meanings. The aim of this paper is to sketch the nature, methods and central concepts of phenomenology, and thereby to distinguish philosophical phenomenology from its empirical applications. We shall begin by providing an overview of what we think phenomenology is and is not, by introducing the following points: we distinguish phenomenology from phenomenalism; the ontological from the ontic; transcen…Read more
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Charles University, PragueProfessor (Part-time)
Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czechia
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |