Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise Health and Sport 1st Edition by Mike Mcnamee ISBN 0415353408 9780415353403

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ISBN 10:    0415353408
ISBN 13: 978-0415353403
Author:  Mike J. Mcnamee

Should we trust scientific research? Do ‘the facts’ really speak for themselves?

Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise, Health and Sport critically reflects on the nature and aims of scientific enquiry in these disciplines. The book addresses the underlying assumptions and development of both the very idea of science itself and what shape scientific enquiries ought to take in the fields of exercise, health and sport.

Written by a range of prestigious and internationally respected philosophers, scientists and social scientists, each chapter addresses a key issue in research methodology. Questions raised by the authors include:

* Do natural and social scientists need to understand philosophy of science?
* Are statistics are misused in sport and exercise science research?
* Is sport science research gender-biased?
* How do external and commercial interests skew professional guidelines in health and sport research?
* Can scientists make claims without attempting to falsify as well as to confirm their theses?

Philosophy and the Sciences of Exercise Health and Sport 1st Table of contents:

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 anaerobiosis controversy

5: Why doesn’t sports psychology consider Freud?

6: Do statistical methods replace reasoning in exercise science research? How to avoid statistics becoming merely a solution in search of a problem

7: What are the limitations of experimental and theoretical approaches in sports biomechanics?

8: Can we trust rehydration research?

9: Is sport and exercise science a man’s game?

10: Autoethnography: self-indulgence or rigorous methodology?

11: Is investigative sociology just investigative journalism?

12: Is research with and on students ethically defensible?

13: Obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome: What are the choices for prevention

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