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    Critical Analysis of the Arguments in favour of Doping in Sport
    with Katerina Moka and Maria Panagiotopoulou
    European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science 13 (7): 19-28. 2026.
    The debate concerning the use of performance-enhancing technologies constitutes one of the most controversial issues in contemporary philosophy of sport. While the dominant body of literature primarily emphasizes the detrimental effects of doping on athletes’ health, the fairness of competition, and the preservation of the spirit of sport, several philosophers have advanced arguments in favour of its legalization under specific conditions. The aim of the present article is…Read more
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    This paper provides a comprehensive examination of Stephen Mumford’s philosophical framework on the spectatorship of sport, focusing on the defining dichotomy between the purist and the partisan, as articulated in the book Watching Sport: Aesthetics, Ethics and Emotion. Mumford’s intervention marks a deliberate shift in emphasis from the tradi­tional focus on athletic participation to the complex and philosophically rich experience of the spectator’s aesthetic gaze. The purist is conceptually ch…Read more
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    В данной статье представлен анализ философской концепции Стивена Мамфорда о зрительском восприятии спорта. Автор статьи фокусирует особое внимание на ди­хотомии между «пуристом» (purist) и «болельщиком» (partisan), сформулированной Мамфордом в книге «Watching Sport: Aesthetics, Ethics and Emotion». Идеи Мамфор­да знаменует собой целенаправленный сдвиг акцента – от традиционного внимания к участию в спортивных состязаниях к сложному и философски насыщенному опы­ту эстетического созерцания зрителя…Read more