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Call for abstracts now open for the 2024 British Philosophy of Sport Association annual Conference!

The 21st British Philosophy of Sports Association Conference will be hosted by Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen, Scotland, 21-23rd March, 2024

Confirmed keynote Speakers:

Erin Tarver, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Emory University,

John William Devine, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Ethics, Sport and Exercise Sciences, Swansea University.

Enquiries should be directed to:

Organizing Committee: Dr Alfred Archer, Chair of the British Philosophy of Sport Association; Prof Steve Olivier, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Robert Gordon University; Dr Silvia Camporesi, Vice-Chair, British Philosophy of Sport Association; Prof Dr Jim Parry, Secretary, British Philosophy of Sport Association.

We encourage submission of abstracts related to any topic in philosophy of sport broadly construed.

Send your abstract (300 words) to s.j.parry@leeds.ac.uk with filename <ABSTRACT – last name – title> e.g. <ABSTRACT – Parry – Is ‘Robot Wars’ a sport?>

Include: name, institution, abstract, indicative bibliography; all to fit on one side of A4. Required format is MS Word Times New Roman 12pt, single spacing.

Deadline Wednesday November 15, 2023 at midnight.

For more info see the conference website here.

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Launch of Philosophy of Medicine, Ethics & Sport Series at King’s College London

The Department of Philosophy at King’s College London is launching a seminar series exploring issues at the intersection of the Philosophy of Medicine, Ethics  and Sport.

geneticmedalling_1The first speaker will be Dr. John William Devine (KCL), and he will speak on ‘Trust and Doping’.

This seminar will take place this coming Tuesday, 25 November, 5.30-7.00 p.m. in Room 508 (adjacent to the Philosophy Department Office) in the Philosophy Building, Strand Campus.  John William will present for 45 minutes, and this will be followed by 45 minutes of discussion.

The second speaker will be Dr Silvia Camporesi (KCL) on December 9th on ‘When is it ‘fair’ to be a woman’ in elite sport?’.

The speakers for 2015 will be Dr Tom Douglas (Centre for Neuroethics, Oxford University), Professor Mike McNamee (Swansea University) and Dr Emily Ryall (University of Gloucestershire). The dates will be announced shortly here.

All welcome to attend. No need to RSVP.