14th Annual International Conference of Czech Philosophy of Sport
Announcement
14th Annual International Conference of Czech Philosophy of Sport a section of the Czech Kinanthropological Society (Česká kinantropologická společnost)
hosted by the Faculty of Physical Culture of Palacký University in Olomouc.
9th-10th October 2025
We plan to organise an in-person meeting, with a limited number of online presentations as exceptions. The conference will be in English. We cordially invite you to participate in this event.
Term
9th-10th October 2025
Venue
Faculty of Physical Culture of Palacký University in Olomouc | třída Míru 117 | 771 11 Olomouc
Call for Abstracts
Guidelines for Abstract Submission
- Send abstract (200-250 words) as soon as possible - final submission date: Monday 30st June 2025.
- Accepted abstracts will receive notification within 2 weeks
- Required format is MS Word Times New Roman 12pt, single spacing, with name, institution, abstract, indicative bibliography; all to fit on one side of A4.
- A specimen abstract submission doc is attached. Please comply. No fancy formatting, please.Abstracts to be submitted to s.j.parry@leeds.ac.uk with filename <ABSTRACT - surname - title> e.g. ABSTRACT - Parry - Is ‘Robot Wars’ a sport
- The Book of Abstracts will be emailed to participants in advance.
Abstracts should be in English and must involve philosophical treatment of a topic related to sport.
We welcome advance notice of papers (or drafts of work-in-progress) for distribution to attendees.
We prioritise discussion. Presentations involve 20-30 minutes ONLY for summary + 30-40 mins discussion. Student presentations involve 15 min for summary + 15 mins discussion.
| Enquiries to: | Jim Parry: s.j.parry@leeds.ac.uk |
| Local enquiries to: | Jiří Mališ: jiri.malis@upol.cz |
| Scientific Cttee: | Emanuel Hurych, Irena Martínková, Ivo Jirásek, Lukáš Mareš, Jim Parry |
| Organizing Cttee: | Ivo Jirásek, Jim Parry, Jiří Mališ |
| Conf. Registration: | Free |
| Accommodation: | Participants are responsible for their own arrangements We can assist you in finding appropriate accommodation. Please send requests to the e-mail jiri.malis@upol.cz |
Keynote Speakers
FILIP KOBIELA
Title: Music competitions: a subclass of sport competitions or a different category?
Filip Kobiela is an assistant professor at the University of Physical Culture in Krakow. He obtained his PhD in philosophy from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow with a dissertation on the philosophy of time in Roman Ingarden. He links analytical and phenomenological methods in cross-disciplinary research in both systematic and historical approaches.
In the field of the philosophy of sport, he researches various topics related mainly to the nature of sport and games, the sport-status of mind-sports and e-sports, the typology of sport and games, and the legacy of Bernard Suits.
Contact: filipkobiela@interia.pl
ERIC MOORE
Eric Moore is Professor of Philosophy at Longwood University, in Farmville, Virginia, USA. He received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Massachusettes/Amherst in 1998. His dissertation was on desert and justice, and he published in those areas before becoming interested in philosophy of sport around 2012, when the Lance Armstrong doping scandal broke. His work in philosophy of sport has been in two major areas: defense of doping and work on the metaphysics and ethics of sport, defending Suitsian formalism for the former coupled with a conventionalist view of the value of sport. Cycling and tennis are his two sporting passions.