Running & Philosophy
A Marathon for the Mind
Austin, Michael W. (EDT)
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
A unique anthology of essays exploring the philosophical wisdom runners contemplate when out for a run. It features writings from some of America’s leading philosophers, including Martha Nussbaum, Charles Taliaferro, and J.P. Moreland.
- A first-of-its-kind collection of essays exploring those gems of philosophical wisdom runners contemplate when out for a run
- Topics considered include running and the philosophy of friendship; the freedom of the long distance runner; running as aesthetic experience, and “Could a Zombie Run a Marathon?”
- Contributing essayists include philosophers with athletic experience at the collegiate level, philosophers whose pasttime is running, and one philosopher who began running to test the ideas in his essay
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1405167971
Dewey Decimal: 613.7/172
Library of Congress: 2007010758
Book Publisher: Blackwell Pub
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 226
