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Title Philosophy and the sciences of exercise, health and sport : critical perspectives on research methods / edited by Mike McNamee.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 253 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Positivism, Popper and Paradigms: An Introductory Essay in the Philosophy of Science; 2. Must Scientists Think Philosophically About Science?; 3. Can Physiology Be Both Popperian and Ethical?; 4. How Does a Foundational Myth Become Sacred Scientific Dogma?: The Case of A.V. Hill and the Amaerobiosis Controversy; 5. Why Doesn't Sports Psychology Consider Freud?
Summary Can sports science research ever be 'theory neutral'?What role does 'experience' play in our assessment or statistical data?This unique interdisciplinary study calls on scientists and social scientists involved in the study of sport to reflect critically on the nature and aims of scientific enquiry. Leading researches from physiology, psychology, biomechanics, sociology, philosophy, coaching and statistics address the conceptual debates underpinning research within their respective fields and challenge to the prevailing orthodoxy of positivism and reductive science. By bringing toget.
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Subject Sports sciences -- Research -- Methodology.
Sports sciences -- Research -- Methodology.
Sports sciences.
Exercise -- Research -- Methodology.
Exercise -- Research.
Methodology.
Exercise.
Sports -- Health aspects -- Research -- Methodology.
Sports -- Health aspects.
Research.
Sports.
Exercise -- Health aspects -- Research -- Methodology.
Exercise -- Health aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author McNamee, M. J. (Mike J.)
Other Form: Print version: Philosophy and the sciences of exercise, health and sport. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2005 (DLC) 2004050995
ISBN 0203506006 (electronic book)
9780203506004 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
0203506006 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader)
0415300169 (Cloth)
9786610289721
6610289727
9780415300162
0415300169