Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone (eBook)

Because It's There

Stephen E. Schmid (Herausgeber)

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2010
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781444327724 (ISBN)

Infos

Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone presents a collection of intellectually stimulating new essays that address the philosophical issues relating to risk, ethics, and other aspects of climbing that are of interest to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers.

• 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

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).

Inhalt

Foreword ix
Hans Florine

Acknowledgments xiii
Stephen E. Schmid

Philosophizing into the Void: An Introduction to Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone 1
Stephen E. Schmid

Part I Tying In: Why Risk Climbing 11

1 Climbing and the Stoic Conception of Freedom 13
Kevin Krein

2 Risk and Reward: Is Climbing Worth It? 24
Paul Charlton

3 Why Climb? 37
Joe Fitschen

4 Jokers on the Mountain: In Defense of Gratuitous Risk 49
Heidi Howkins Lockwood

Part II Quest for the Summit: Cultivating the Climber 65

5 High Aspirations: Climbing and Self-Cultivation 67
Brian Treanor

6 More than Meets the "I": Values of Dangerous Sport 81
Pam R. Sailors

7 Mountaineering and the Value of Self-Sufficiency 93
Philip A. Ebert and Simon Robertson

8 It Ain't Fast Food: An Authentic Climbing Experience 106
Ben Levey

9 Zen and the Art of Climbing 117
Eric Swan

Part III Cutting the Rope: Climbing Ethics 131

10 Freedom and Individualism on the Rocks 133
Dane Scott

11 Hold Manufacturing: Why You May Be Wrong About What's Right 145
William Ramsey

12 The Ethics of Free Soloing 158
Marcus Agnafors

13 Making Mountains Out of Heaps: Environmental Protection One Stone at a Time 169
Dale Murray

Part IV Mixed Climbing: Philosophy on Varied Terrain 181

14 From Route Finding to Redpointing: Climbing Culture as a Gift Economy 183
Debora Halbert

15 Are You Experienced? What You Don't Know About Your Climbing Experience 195
Stephen M. Downes

16 What is a Climbing Grade Anyway? 206
Richard G. Graziano

17 The Beauty of a Climb 218
Gunnar Karlsen

Climbing Glossary 230

Notes on Contributors 237

Rezensionen

"This book has enabled me to better understand the passion
for exploring rocky heights. ...There is a common twine
that goes the whole length in Climbing, namely the love each
of these authors and the editor have for climbing. If
practices flourish primarily because of the dedication and
commitment of the communities involved with them, one thing is
clear, climbing is a very healthy practice in spite of and thanks
to its beautifully inspiring risks, and Climbing is a great
contribution to the climbing and philosophical
communities." (Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 28
February 2012)

"This nonetheless should not serve as a negative commentary on
what proves to be a most thoughtful and engaging collection of
articles that serve to intellectualize what is thought by many to
be a purely adrenaline-fueled endeavor . . If you think, however,
that there is no reason for anyone else to climb or that climbing
is silly or pointless or just plain crazy, this book just might
make you think again." (Aethlon, 1 January 2011)

"The book is a pretty in-depth look at various issues, centring
around risk, ethics and other issues. It also includes essays that
challenge commonly accepted views of climbing and climbing ethics."
(The Philosopher's Eye, 2010)

"Read carefully within the four themed sections; the essays
provoke an intellectual frisson rarely elicited by modern climbing
literature." (Climbing.com, 2010)

"[Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone: Because It's There]
proves to be a most thoughtful and engaging collection of articles
that serve to intellectualize what is thought by many to be a
purely adrenaline-fueled endeavor." (aethlon, January
2011"If you're interested in why we climb and take risks for what
many consider a frivolous activity, then add this book to your
holiday gift list. It will provide lots of entertaining reading and
spark interesting conversations around the nightly campfire."
(About.com, 11 December 2010)

"The authors are both climbers and academics (almost all in
philosophy), so the essays ring with rigor and authenticity.....
the essays provoke an intellectual frisson rarely elicited by
modern climbing literature." (Climbing Magazine, October
2010)

"This has to be the best book I have read on the subject of
climbing. Most of the essays are written by seasoned climbers and
... are varied and interesting. Many of the questions put forth are
of the moral and ethical reasons for climbing, and they also
address many other aspects of the climbing game. The novice climber
can definitely benefit from reading this book also as it explores
several topics that are not easily found in a text about climbing.
I believe that this book will enable all who read it to consider
deeply what it is that they are doing while they are climbing and
as a result be able to be better climbers not only to the climbing
community but will understand their inner motivations about their
own climbing." (OregonLive.com, August 2010)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.1.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Philosophy for Everyone
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Fritz Allhoff
• Vorwort: Hans Florine
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Climber, mountaineering, climbing ethics, rock climbing, free soloing, mountain, sports, risk • Klettern • Philosophie • Philosophy
• ISBN-13: 9781444327724 / 9781444327724