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Philosophy, risk, and adventure sports / edited by Mike J McNamee.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Routledge, 2007.Description: xi, 202p.; 24cmISBN:
  • 0415351847 (Cloth)
  • 9780415351843 (Cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.5 MCN
Contents:
1.Adventurous activity, prudent planners and risk. Mike McNamee -- 2.The quest for excitement and the safe socity. Gunnar Breivik -- 3.Legislators and interpreters: an examination of changes in philosophical interpretations of \'being a mountaineer\'. Paul Beedie -- 4.Philosophy outdoors: first person physical. John (Michael) Atherton -- 5.Adventure, climbing excellence and the practice of \'boldting\'. Philip Ebert and Simon Robertson -- 6.Reading water: risk, intuition, and insight. Douglas Anderson -- 7.Nature and risk in adventure sports. Kevin Krein -- 8.Aesthetic and ethical issues concerning sport in wilder places. Alan P. Dougherty -- 9.Outline of a phenomenology of snowboarding. Sigmund Loland -- 10.The performance avant\'garde and action sports: Vedic philosophy in a postmodern world. Robert E. Reinhart -- 11.Extreme sports and the ontology of experience. Ivo Jirásel -- 12.Kant goes skydiving: understanding the extreme buy way of the sublime. Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza -- 13.Can BASEjumping be morally defended? -- Gunnar Breivik -- 14.Walking the edge. Verner MØller.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 796.5 MCN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00212220
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 796.5 MCN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00212221

Includes index.

1.Adventurous activity, prudent planners and risk. Mike McNamee -- 2.The quest for excitement and the safe socity. Gunnar Breivik -- 3.Legislators and interpreters: an examination of changes in philosophical interpretations of \'being a mountaineer\'. Paul Beedie -- 4.Philosophy outdoors: first person physical. John (Michael) Atherton -- 5.Adventure, climbing excellence and the practice of \'boldting\'. Philip Ebert and Simon Robertson -- 6.Reading water: risk, intuition, and insight. Douglas Anderson -- 7.Nature and risk in adventure sports. Kevin Krein -- 8.Aesthetic and ethical issues concerning sport in wilder places. Alan P. Dougherty -- 9.Outline of a phenomenology of snowboarding. Sigmund Loland -- 10.The performance avant\'garde and action sports: Vedic philosophy in a postmodern world. Robert E. Reinhart -- 11.Extreme sports and the ontology of experience. Ivo Jirásel -- 12.Kant goes skydiving: understanding the extreme buy way of the sublime. Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza -- 13.Can BASEjumping be morally defended? -- Gunnar Breivik -- 14.Walking the edge. Verner MØller.

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