Type of Publication: | Journal article |
URI (citable link): | http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-257771 |
Author: | Griffioen, Amber |
Year of publication: | 2013 |
Published in: | Logique et Analyse ; N.S. ; 56 (2013), 223. - pp. 319-322. - ISSN 0024-5836 |
Summary: |
In this paper, I examine the phenomenon of superstition in the game of baseball. I argue that superstitions may occupy various places on the spectrum of epistemic irrationality, depending on the etiology of the superstitious belief in question. I begin by examining the general psychology of superstition. I then discuss some of the conceptual difficulties in making sense of such behavior, and I put forward some possible solutions to these difficulties. I further argue that, in addition to non-intentionally acquired superstitions, there also appear to be genuine cases of superstition, in which the agent may be said to be actively engaged – i.e., that in some cases, an agent may intentionally employ his awareness of his own rational epistemic standards to allow himself to believe irrationally.
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Subject (DDC): | 100 Philosophy |
Controlled Keywords (GND): | Sportphilosophie, Aberglaube, Selbsttäuschung, Irrationalität, Baseball, Wunschdenken |
Link to License: | In Copyright |
Bibliography of Konstanz: | Yes |
GRIFFIOEN, Amber, 2013. "Don’t Step on the Foul Line" : Baseball and the (Ir)rationality of Superstition in Sports. In: Logique et Analyse ; N.S.. 56(223), pp. 319-322. ISSN 0024-5836
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