Philosophy: Whose Business?

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This essay warns that physical education may be in danger of being overwhelmed with specialized technically oriented career programs. As a result, the humanities may be abandoned as an active curricular center of influence. A plea is made to counter the pinching narrowness of specialization by embracing the methods and orientations of philosophy as one of the most important humanities. It is argued that philosophy, not merely as a field of study but also as an act of rational conjecture, is everybody's business. It is useful in sharpening the tools of critical thinking, stimulating self-examination, helping resolve professional issues, providing a means for better understanding of physical education, and elevating the wholeness of physical education's common enterprise. Moreover, students armed with philosophical tools are eminently marketable.

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