SPRS 3450 - Philosphy of Sport, Recreation, and Human Performance

3 hours

An introduction to the discipline of philosophy through the perspective of sport, recreation, and human performance. Topics will include: What is competition’/ What is cheating? What is exploitation? What is alienation? What is the distinction between the natural and the artificial? What is the difference between an amateu1· and a professio11al, and why does this distinction matter’/ Philosophical issues will be examined through more practical debates that arise in the context of sport, recreation, and human performance.