Title
Running in Place or Running in its Proper Place
Files
School/Department
Talbot School of Theology
Description
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
Ch. 14
Keywords
Running; Philosophy; Runners (Sports);
ISBN
978-1405167970
Publication Date
10-29-2007
Publication Source
Running & philosophy : a marathon for the mind
Inclusive pages
pp. 151-160
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publisher
Blackwell
City
Oxford
Disciplines
Philosophy of Mind | Sports Sciences
Recommended Citation
Moreland, James Porter (2007). Running in Place or Running in its Proper Place. Running & philosophy : a marathon for the mind. pp. 151-160. Oxford: Blackwell.
https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/faculty-books/295