Tag: Emily Ryall
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, Volume 12, 2018, Issue 2
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy publishes high quality articles from a wide variety of philosophical traditions, and is particularly open to essays of applied philosophy that engage with issues or practice, policy and scholarship concerning the nature and values of sports.
A lecture series turned into a book that in turn turns the reader into a satisfied conference-goer
Unsurprisingly, the Royal Institute of Philosophy’s 2012-2013 lecture series was organized around issues in sport. At long last we got round to asking Pam R. Sailors for a review of the book that ensued, Philosophy and Sport, edited by Anthony O’Hear (Cambridge UP), which was good because, as Pam shows most eloquently, it’s quite a valuable collection of essays.
Approaching the Interworld of Play in Sports
Of the four conferences on philosophy of play in recent years arranged by Malcolm MacLean, Wendy Russell and Emily Ryall, each of the first three appear in book form. In this review essay, Ejgil Jespersen looks particularly at the contributions that discuss play in relation to sports, but he finds the whole trilogy both commendable and recommendable.
The Philosophy of Sport: Advances, Contours and Potentials of an Academic Discipline
Kenneth Aggerholm has read Cesar R. Torres’ edited volume The Bloomsbury Companion to the Philosophy of Sport, where a number of proficient scholars converge and contribute to what amounts to a truly good companion.
Ny bok om lekens och lekandets filosofi – rik men stundtals också krävande
En konferens om lek vid University of Gloucestershire blev till en antologi, The Philosophy of Play under redaktörskap av Emily Ryall, Wendy Russell & Malcolm MacLean. Lars H Gustafssons grundliga, gedigna recension ger mersmak...
Ordinär lärobok i angeläget ämne kan bota bristen på kritiskt tänkande
Den brittiska filosofen Emily Ryall har skrivit en grundbok i kritiskt tänkande, Critical Thinking for Sports Students, åt Sage Publications’ lärobokserie Learning Matters. Det är en tämligen ordinär och habil lärobok, menar vår recensent Kutte Jönsson med visst gillande.
