http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/26/philosophy-and-sport/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Thu, 24 May 2012 19:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/26/philosophy-and-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-6791 Chris Bertram Mon, 27 Oct 2003 07:17:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=481#comment-6791 No, _that_ goal against Celtic in the UEFA cup a few years back is more what I had in mind. No, that goal against Celtic in the UEFA cup a few years back is more what I had in mind.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/26/philosophy-and-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-6790 dsquared Mon, 27 Oct 2003 06:46:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=481#comment-6790 So Chris, are you trying to tell us that most of the papers you read just tend to peter out in the last third and then either never really go anywhere or make a monumentally misguided stab which misses its target completely? So Chris, are you trying to tell us that most of the papers you read just tend to peter out in the last third and then either never really go anywhere or make a monumentally misguided stab which misses its target completely?

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/26/philosophy-and-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-6789 Ruth Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:04:51 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=481#comment-6789 Tom Stoppard probed the connections between philosophy and acrobatics in Jumpers. Tom Stoppard probed the connections between philosophy and acrobatics in Jumpers.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/26/philosophy-and-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-6788 jdsm Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:24:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=481#comment-6788 I read the same article earlier today and posted on my blog about it. Interesting that you added more weight to my suspicions that to be a professional philosopher you have to love the activity as much as you care about the truth. Or am I reading it wrong? But Steve MacManaman? You must be a Liverpool fan. I read the same article earlier today and posted on my blog about it. Interesting that you added more weight to my suspicions that to be a professional philosopher you have to love the activity as much as you care about the truth. Or am I reading it wrong? But Steve MacManaman? You must be a Liverpool fan.

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