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dc.contributor.authorWeiss, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T19:31:24Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T19:31:24Z
dc.date.issued1972-01-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/3174
dc.description.abstractAthletic records are cherished because of their assumed impartiality and objectivity. However, athletic records do not fully and accurately describe the events that they purport to describe. That is because athletic records do not take account of the myriad factors that influence the outcome of any athletic event. Contingency, novelty, luck, obstacles and opportunities all make a difference to what is achieved. Since records abstract from all of these, they do not tell us what did occur, but only the outcome of a multitude of factors of which we take no notice. The singular goal of an athlete is to make maximal use of his body to attain an outstanding result in the particular situation in which he finds himself.
dc.subjectPhilosophy Of Sport
dc.subjectAthletic Records
dc.subjectValue Of Sport
dc.titleRecords and the Man
dc.typearticle
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-07T19:31:24Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Brockport
dc.source.peerreviewedTRUE
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.description.publicationtitlePhilosophic Exchange
dc.contributor.organizationCatholic University of America
dc.languate.isoen_US


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    Philosophic Exchange is published by the Center for Philosophic Exchange, at the College at Brockport. The Center for Philosophic Exchange was founded by SUNY Chancellor Samuel Gould in 1969 to conduct a continuing program of philosophical inquiry, relating to both academic and public issues. Each year the Center hosts four speakers, and each speaker gives a public lecture that is intended for a general audience. These lectures are then published in this journal.

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