THE 32nd ANNUAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPORT

The 32nd annual meeting of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport (IAPS) will convene in Grapevine, Texas, at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center on September 16-19, 2004. AddRan College and the Philosophy Department are hosting the meeting with Spencer Wertz serving as conference manager. Scholars from Norway, Germany, England, Scotland, Japan, Canada, and the states will address the philosophical issues of sport. David Vanderwerken (English) will deliver one of the keynote addresses on the play spirit and satiric poetry. This is the third time that TCU has hosted IAPS meetings. The program may be accessed on the IAPS website: http://www.educ.uidaho.edu/iaps

Schedule of Events
Thursday, September 16th
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Registration/Hospitality Desk - Meritage Lobby

1:00 – 3:30 p.m. IAPS Executive Committee Meeting - Lightcatcher Room

3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Conference Opening – Delaney Room
S.K. Wertz
Chair, Philosophy Department, TCU
Mary L. Volcansek
Dean, AddRan College of Humanities & Social Sciences, TCU

4:15 – 5:00 p.m. Keynote Address – Delaney Room
Jan Boxill, Presiding
Angela Schneider, University of Western Ontario
“Some Thoughts and Reflections on the State of the Art”

5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Refreshments – Delaney Foyer

5:30 – 6:15 p.m. Sessions 1A – Becker Room
Heather Reid, Presiding
R. Scott Kretchmar, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Game Flaws
Sessions 1B – Cross Timbers Room
Janet Rintala, Presiding
Charlene Weaving, University of Western Ontario, Canada
“I’m too sexy for this sport…it hurts”: An Examination
of the Connection Between Sex and Sport

6:15 – 7:00 p.m. Session 1A – Becker Room
Heather Reid, Presiding
Douglas McLaughlin, California State University, Northridge USA
Truth and Certainty in Sporting Contest Resolutions
Session 1B – Cross Timbers Room
Janet Rintala, Presiding
Joan Grassbaugh Forry, Temple University, USA
Foucault and the Discipline of Sport: Implications
for Female Athletes and Femininity

7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Dinner at Austin Ranch (within walking distance from the hotel) Cash Bar

Friday, September 17th
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Registration/Hospitality Desk – Meritage Lobby

8:30 – 9:15 a.m. Session 2A – Becker Room
R. Scott Kretchmar – Presiding
Emily Ryall, De Montfort University, UK
Where of What One Cannot Speak, One Must Remain
Silent: A Wittgensteinian Perspective on The Ethics of
Genetic Technology in Sport
Session 2B – Cross Timbers Room
Douglas McLaughlin, Presiding
Stephen Mumford, University of Nottingham, UK
Watching Sport

9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Session 2A – Becker Room
R. Scott Kretchmar, Presiding
Sarah Teetzel, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Testing for the Genetic Enhancements in Athletes
Session 2B – Cross Timbers Room
Douglas McLaughlin, Presiding
Sean Kelley, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
From Aesthetics to the Kine-Aesthetic Being: Returning to a sensory/perceptual understanding of sport participation

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Refreshments – Delaney Foyer

10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Session 3A – Becker Room
Jan Boxill, Presiding
Leon Culbertson, Edge Hill College, UK
The Paradox of Bad Faith and Elite Competitive Sport
Session 3B – Cross Timbers Room
Peter M. Hopsicker, Presiding
Ellyn Ritterskamp, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Games People Play (And Why They Should Play Them)

11:15 a.m. – Session A – Becker Room

12:00 p.m. Jan Boxill, Presiding
Heather Sheridan, University of Gloucestershire, UK
Sport and Human Potential: An Ethical Discussion.
Friday, September 17th (continued)

11:15 – a.m. - Session B – Cross Timbers Room

12:00 p.m. Peter M. Hopsicker, Presiding
Paul Gaffney, St. John’s University, USA
The Meaning of Sport: Competition as a Form of Language

12:00 – 12:45 p.m. Session 3A – Becker Room
Jan Boxill, Presiding
Tim Elcombe, Penn State University, USA
Reason and Technology in Sport: A Pragmatic Criticism
and Reconstruction
Session 3B – Cross Timbers Room
Peter M. Hopsicker, Presiding
Jill Tracey, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
Philosophy of Action: Consulting With Athletes from a
Phenomenological Perspective: Is There Any Other Way?

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Lunch on your own [JPS Editorial Board Meeting]

1:30 – 4:15 p.m. Registration – Meritage Lobby

1:45 – 2:30 p.m. Session 4A – Becker Room
Sharon Stoll, Presiding
Sigmund Loland, Norwegian University of Sport & P.E.
Sex Classes in Sport – An Ethical Analysis
Session 4B – Cross Timbers Room
` Jeff Fry, Presiding
Jesus Ilundain-Agurruza, University of New Mexico-Los Alamos, USA
Between the Horns: A Dilemma in the Interpretation
of the Running of the Bulls

2:30 – 3:15 p.m. Session 4A – Becker Room
Sharon Stoll, Presiding
Cesar R. Torres & Peter F. Hager, SUNY College at Brockport, USA
Justice & Evaluation in Sport: The Case of the
Bonus Point System
Session 4B – Cross Timbers Room
Jeff Fry, Presiding
Nick Dixon, Alma College, USA
Is The Meaning of Symbols in Sport in the
Eye of their Users?

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Refreshments – Delaney Foyer

3:45 – 4:30 p.m. Session 4A – Becker Room
Doug Hochstetler, Presiding
Heather Reid, Morningside College, USA
Apollo vs. Posidon: Can the Ancient Ideal of Justice
Survive Modern Olympic Realities?
Session 4B – Cross Timbers Room
Jim Nendel, Presiding
Mark Hamilton, Ashland University, USA
Post-Play or Post-Game Festivity in Sport: Making
Distinctions Between Celebration and Partying

4:30 – 5:15 p.m. Session 4A –Becker Room
Doug Hochstetler, Presiding
Claudia Pawlenka, Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany
Between Naturalness and Artificiality: The Ban on
Doping in Sports and its Philosophic-Ethical Justification
Session 4B – Cross Timbers Room
Jim Nendel, Presiding
Jan Rintala, Northern Illinois University, USA
Annika at the Colonial: Exposing the Many Meanings of Sport

5:30 p.m. Bus leaves for the Wertz mini ranch

7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Dinner catered by Uncle Julio’s Tex-Mex at the Wertz mini ranch