Paradigms and possibilities: Or, some concerns for the study of sport from the philosophy of science

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-77

  McFee, Graham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuhn; Paradigm; Perspectivalism; Philosophy of science; Philosophy of sport; Popper; Postmodernism; Scientism; Social sciences of sport; Sports science; Truth

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349214168     PISSN: 17511321     EISSN: 1751133X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17511320601143009     Document Type: Article

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