Description
- Represents the first collection of essays to exclusively address the many philosophical aspects of climbing
- Includes essays that challenge commonly accepted views of climbing and climbing ethics
- Written accessibly, this book will appeal to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers
- Includes a foreword written by Hans Florine
- Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, 2010
Author: Fritz Allhoff
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 08/09/2010
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.77d
ISBN13: 9781444334869
ISBN10: 1444334867
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Mountaineering
- Philosophy | General
About the Author
Editor
Stephen E. Schmid is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Rock County. His doctoral work was in philosophy of mind and his current research focuses on motivation in sport and education. Schmid has been playing in the mountains and on rock for more than 20 years.
Series Editor
Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University'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).