Schmid Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone

Because It's There
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4146-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Philosophy for Everyone

Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone presents acollection of intellectually stimulating new essays that addressthe philosophical issues relating to risk, ethics, and otheraspects of climbing that are of interest to everyone from noviceclimbers to seasoned mountaineers.
* Represents the first collection of essays to exclusivelyaddress the many philosophical aspects of climbing
* Includes essays that challenge commonly accepted views ofclimbing and climbing ethics
* Written accessibly, this book will appeal to everyone fromnovice climbers to seasoned mountaineers
* Includes a foreword written by Hans Florine
* Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for MountainLiterature, 2010

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmid, Stephen E.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Allhoff, Fritz

Florine, Hans

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword (Hans Florine).
Acknowledgments (Stephen E. Schmid).
Philosophizing Into the Void: An Introduction to Climbing- Philosophy for Everyone (Stephen E. Schmid).
PART I TYING IN: Why Risk Climbing.
1 Climbing and the Stoic Conception of Freedom (KevinKrein).
2 Risk and Reward: Is Climbing Worth It? (PaulCharlton).
3 Why Climb? (Joe Fitschen).
4 Jokers on the Mountain: In Defense of Gratuitous Risk(Heidi Howkins Lockwood).
PART II QUEST FOR THE SUMMIT: Cultivating theClimber.
5 High Aspirations: Climbing and Self-Cultivation(Brian Treanor).
6 More than Meets the "I": Values of DangerousSport (Pam R. Sailors).
7 Mountaineering and the Value of Self-Sufficiency (Philip A.Ebert and Simon Robertson).
8 It Ain't Fast Food: An Authentic Climbing Experience(Ben Levey).
9 Zen and the Art of Climbing (Eric Swan).
PART III CUTTING THE ROPE: Climbing Ethics.
10 Freedom and Individualism on the Rocks (DaneScott).
11 Hold Manufacturing: Why You May Be Wrong About What'sRight (William Ramsey).
12 The Ethics of Free Soloing (Marcus Agnafors).
13 Making Mountains Out of Heaps: Environmental ProtectionOne Stone at a Time (Dale Murray).
PART IV MIXED CLIMBING: Philosophy on Varied Terrain.
14 From Route Finding to Redpointing: Climbing Culture as aGift Economy (Debora Halbert).
15 Are You Experienced? What You Don't Know About YourClimbing Experience (Stephen M. Downes).
16 What Is a Climbing Grade Anyway? (Richard G.Graziano).
17 The Beauty of a Climb (Gunnar Karlsen).
Climbing Glossary.
Notes on Contributors.

Über Autor(innen)

Editor
Stephen E. Schmid is Assistant Professor of Philosophyat the University of Wisconsin-Rock County. His doctoral work wasin philosophy of mind and his current research focuses onmotivation in sport and education. Schmid has been playing in themountains and on rock for more than 20 years.
Series Editor
Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in thePhilosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as aSenior Research Fellow at the Australian NationalUniversity's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.In addition to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series,Allhoff is the volume editor or co-editor for several titles,including Wine & Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007),Whiskey & Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley,2009), and Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe,Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).