Knowing the Score by David Papineau review - sport meets philosophy

When rules don't matter and the importance of genes are among the subjects of this anecdote-rich study by a sports-mad philosopher David Papineau is an eminent philosopher and a passionate lover of sport. For much of his life, he has kept the two spheres separate, fearing that to mix them would produce a double diminishment: philosophy robbed of its seriousness and sport of its excitement. Then, in 2012, a colleague invited him to contribute to a lecture series titled "Philosophy and Sport", org...