Skills

Why Games Matter

Do games help us form social bonds and build important life skills, or are they just a pleasant way to escape the daily grind? Worse yet, could playing games make us lazy and antisocial? These are some of the questions we’re asking in this week’s show, What’s in a Game?

Athletics and the Philosophical Life

把体育运动和哲学联系起来的想法乍听起来可能很奇怪。但是,如果我们把哲学视为一种生活方式,而不是一套信念,那么就不难想象,体育训练可以培养我们整个生活所需的技能,无论是在赛场内外。

Of Philosophy and Basketball

I’m reaching the end of a semester-long sabbatical, and will soon have to start thinking about preparing for the courses that I will be teaching in the spring semester. I love teaching. However, this time I’m rather less enthusiastic about climbing back in the academic saddle.