Syllabus
1. Philosophy, method, understanding and knowledge. The concept of kinanthropology.
2. Definition of sport.
3. The aims and meaning of sport. Instrumentality in sport. Purposive and aesthetic sports.
4. Intrinsic and extrinsic values of sport.
5. Sport competition.
6. Categorization of martial activities. The philosophical basis of martial arts/martial paths.
7. Dangersous sports and their meaning.
8. Sport, play a game.
9. Movement and the corporeality.
10. Kalokagathia - the harmonization of the human being.
11. The philosophical basis of Olympism.
12. Sport and spirituality.
13. Eastern philosophy and its relation to health and movement.
14. Revision.
Annotation
The course introduces the topic of sport from the philosophical perspective. Its content deals with the definition of sport and its intrinsic structure of ends (means - ends relationships), and it explores the whole issue of the meaning of sports in human existence.
The main topics are: instrumentality and values in sport, play and game, corporeality, harmony, and Olympism.