Baseball and Philosophy

Baseball and Philosophy
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ISBN 0-8126-9556-9
~~$17.95~~ $11.67
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368 pages

(Spring 2004)

Baseball and Philosophy

Thinking Outside the Batter's Box

Edited by Eric Bronson

Volume 6 in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series

Professor Bronson asked nineteen intrepid philosophers who are also baseball fans to turn their penetrating gaze on this most American of games. The result has been described as a "philosophical home run."

Chapters include: "The Zen of Hitting," "There are No Ties at First Base," Baseball and the Search for an American Moral Identity," "Damn Yankees: Why America Needs Reggie Jackson," "The Ethics of the Intentional Walk," "Saving the Twins with Rawlsian Justice," "Wait 'til Next Year: The Faith of a Cubs Fan," "Taking Umpiring Seriously," "He Missed the Tag!: The Ethics of Deception," and "The Asterisk in the Record Book: Roger Maris and Normative Assessments."

"Heavy Hitters and deep thinkers do indeed tangle in this provocative and entertaining addition to the Popular Culture and Philosophy series."

—Booklist

". . . this is the first collection in memory to put the philosophy front and center, with contributions on all philosophical elements about this activity where the brainy meets the spiritual."

—Library Journal