Basketball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Paint

The Lineup

THE LINEUP FRITZ ALLHOFF is assistant professor of philosophy at Western Michigan University, where he specializes in ethical theory, applied ethics, and philosophy of biology. He has published scholarly articles in American Journal of Bioethics, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, International Journal of Applied Ethics, Journal of Business Ethics, and Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal . He has also edited or coedited a number of anthologies, including Beer and Philosophy (forthcoming). GREGORY BASSHAM is chair of the philosophy department at King’s College (Pennsylvania). He coedited The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy (2003) and The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy (2005) and is the coauthor of Critical Thinking: A Student’s Introduction (3rd ed., forthcoming). MYLES BRAND is president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He formerly served as president of the University of Oregon and Indiana University. He also was professor of philosophy at several universities, and he has published extensively on topics in the philosophy of mind, action theory, and analytic metaphysics. PEG BRAND is an artist and associate professor of philosophy and women ’s studies at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. She has edited Beauty Matters (2000) and coedited Feminism and Tradition 275 The Lineup in Aesthetics (1995). She is currently working on a book manuscript with accompanying original illustrations entitled Beauty below the Surface: Feminist Visual Parodies. SCOTT A. DAVISON is professor of philosophy at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky. He is the author of a number of scholarly articles and philosophical essays written for a general audience, including a chapter in The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy (2003). DIRK DUNBAR is the director of the joint interdisciplinary humanities program at Okaloosa-Walton College and the University of West Florida, where he teaches courses in philosophy, religion, and environmental humanities . He is author of The Balance of Nature’s Polarities in NewParadigm Theory (1994) and numerous articles on ecocentric thought in music, literature, religion, philosophy, psychology, and popular culture. TIM ELCOMBE is an assistant professor of physical education and kinesiology at Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario, and a recent PhD graduate of Pennsylvania State University in sport philosophy. His research projects and published works consider sport and physical culture from an experiential and sociopolitical perspective. He is also a former national-level basketball coach in Canada. THOMAS P. FLINT is professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame. Flint publishes and/or teaches in philosophical theology, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, the history of political theory, and classical Greek drama. He wrote Divine Providence: The Molinist Account (1998), edited Christian Philosophy (1990), and coedited (with Eleonore Stump) Hermes and Athena: Biblical Exegesis and Philosophical Theology (1993). Along with his colleague Michael Rea, he is editing The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology (forthcoming). DANIEL B. GALLAGHER is assistant professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, where he specializes in medieval aesthetics and metaphysics. His more recent articles have appeared in Topics 276 The Lineup on General and Formal Ontology (2006), Etudes Maritainiennes, the Latin Americanist, and the New Oxford Review. He affectionately dedicates his essay to Paul Berg—coach, philosopher, priest. STEVEN D. HALES is professor of philosophy at Bloomsburg University. He has a PhD from Brown University and has published six books, including Relativism and the Foundations of Philosophy (2006) and Beer and Philosophy (forthcoming). He has also published numerous articles in epistemology and metaphysics and has lectured widely. In 2006 he was named Bloomsburg’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year. MARK HAMILTON is a professor of philosophy and NCAA faculty representative in charge of compliance for athletes at Ashland University. He specializes in sports ethics and has published a number of essays in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series. BERNARD JACKSON JR. has held appointments at the State University of New York at Cortland, Ithaca College, and the Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He specializes in the philosophy of law, applied ethics, and modern philosophy and has strong interests in the philosophy of sport and African American philosophy. THOMAS D. KENNEDY is professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Valparaiso University in Indiana. He works on eighteenthcentury Scottish philosophy, philosophy of art, and bioethics as well as moral theory. KEVIN KINGHORN is philosophy tutor for undergraduates at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, and is also assistant professor at...