Knowing the Score
What Sports Can Teach Us About Philosophy (And What Philosophy Can Teach Us About Sports)

As someone heavily involved in sports, as a coach, writer and fan, and as someone with more than a passing interest in philosophy, I had high hopes for "Knowing the Score." In fairness, those hopes were probably unfair, as melding this two disparate fields (at least in the ways they are usually appr......more

An interesting concept, I expected more pedantic philosophy and was pleasantly surprised. An obvious knowledge of a wide variety of sports, this is really a discussion of sports from a philosophical perspective, and not a real deep dive into philosophy. But the perspective allows for an interesting......more

It's not just about the sport but it also philosophical. The interesting part is that David compare sport to society which is actually really similar. This book also give us many lesson that sport is not just a game but also something really complex. It's about competition, moral, economy, politic,......more

I won this in a GOODREADS giveaway --Knowing the Score: What Sports Can Teach Us About Philosophy (And What Philosophy Can Teach Us About Sports) by David Papineau -- What a witty book! This is a perfect "Fathers Day" gift for that intellectual (you know who I'm talking about!) sports fan in your li......more

Papineau, while quite lettered (King's College London & CUNY), skims glibly over some important issues. I would have preferred a little more thought on some of these deeper ideas. Plus there's too much cricket.......more