Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the MindISBN: 978-1-4051-6797-0
Paperback
240 pages
October 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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- 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
- Features writings from some of America’s leading
philosophers, including Martha Nussbaum, Charles Taliaferro, and
J.P. Moreland
Includes a foreword by the editor of Runner’s World magazine