Running and Philosophy A Marathon for the Mind [Paperback]

A unique anthology of essays exploring the philosophical wisdom runners contemplate when out for a run. It features writings from some of America’s leading philosophers, including Martha Nussbaum, Charles Taliaferro, and J.P. Moreland.

• A first-of-its-kind collection of essays exploring those gems of philosophical wisdom runners contemplate when out for a run
• Topics considered include running and the philosophy of friendship; the freedom of the long distance runner; running as aesthetic experience, and “Could a Zombie Run a Marathon?”
• Contributing essayists include philosophers with athletic experience at the collegiate level, philosophers whose pasttime is running, and one philosopher who began running to test the ideas in his essay

Foreword (Amby Burfoot, Executive Editor, Runner’s World magazine, and 1968 Boston Marathon Champion).

Preface: Warming Up Before the Race.

Acknowledgments.

1. Long-Distance Running and the Will to Power (Raymond Angelo Belliotti, State University of New York at Fredonia).

2. Chasing Happiness Together: Running and the Philosophy of Friendship (Michael W. Austin, Eastern Kentucky University).

3. Running With the Seven Cs of Success (Gregory Bassham, King’s College, Pennsylvania).

4. The Phenomenology of Becoming a Runner (J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Hartwick College).

5. In Praise of the Jogger (Raymond J. VanArragon, Bethel University).

6. Running Religiously (Jeffrey P. Fry, Ball State University).

7. Hash Runners and Hellenistic Philosophers (Richard DeWitt, Fairfield University).

8. What Motivates an Early Morning Runner (Kevin Kinghorn, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford).

9. A Runner&#l£‰