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Mapping the terrain of sport: a core-periphery model.
- Source :
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Journal of the Philosophy of Sport . Mar2024, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p102-124. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- In this paper, I propose a new way of defining sport that I call a 'core-periphery' model. According to a core-periphery model, sport comes in degrees – what I refer to as 'sport-likeness' – and the aim of the philosopher of sport is to chart those dimensions along which an activity can be more or less a sport. By introducing the concept of sport-likeness, the core-periphery model complicates the picture of what is or is not a sport and encourages philosophers interested in defining sport to engage with the social sciences in exploring the extension of the term sport in common usage. In this paper I present the results of a small survey about attitudes to sport, and use it to illustrate how a core-periphery definition of sport would proceed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TERRAIN mapping
*SPORTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00948705
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the Philosophy of Sport
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176695282
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00948705.2024.2317876