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• Is the world eternal? YES
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• Can art be created accidentally? NO
• Can we change the past? NO
• Are numbers real? NO
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Kleiner recently asked me if I knew of any interesting philosophical discussions of issues raised in sports. Lo and behold, here’s a blog. It’s new to me, and I am sports-apathetic (unless it involves clip-in shoes), so I can’t vouch for its quality.

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  1. Rob says:
    February 5, 2009 at 9:23 am

    Mike Austin, a participant of that blog and a philosopher where I work, has edited a couple of volumes pertaining to running and football, the first of which includes a contribution by Nussbaum. (I’ve read neither.)

    http://arunningabout.blogspot.com/

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  2. Rob says:
    February 5, 2009 at 10:54 am

    There’s also Colin McGinn’s recent book:

    http://www.amazon.com/Sport-Art-Living-Colin-McGinn/dp/1844651487

    And both he and Thomas Hurka have very high praise for Bernard Suits’ ‘The Grasshopper’:

    http://colinmcginnblog.com/comments.php?y=08&m=10&entry=entry081004-081103

    http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~thurka/docs/pass_games.pdf

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  3. Mike says:
    February 7, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    Camus on soccer (football)

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