Emotions in Sport and Games

Alfred Archer is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and the Tilburg Center for Logic, Ethics, and Philosophy of Science at Tilburg University. His primary research is in moral philosophy, particularly supererogation and the nature and ethics of admiration. He also has research interests in the philosophy of sport, aesthetics, political philosophy, applied ethics and philosophy of emotion. He is on the executive board for both the British Philosophy of Sport Association and the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport. Nathan Wildman is Assistant Professor at Tilburg University, and a member of the Tilburg Center for Logic, Ethics, and the Philosophy of Science. His research focuses on topics in metaphysics, philosophy of language, logic, and aesthetics. He is especially interested in the nature of fiction, the logic of fictional truth, and the aesthetics of interactive fictions.

1. Suffering in sport: why people willingly embrace negative emotional experiences

Michael S. Brady

2. Shame in sport

Emily S T Ryall

3. The interplay between resentment, motivation and performance

Myisha Cherry

4. Agent-regret and sporting glory

Jake Wojtowicz

5. Sport and the Anxious Mind

Jeffrey Fry

6. Only a game? Player misery across game boundaries

Nele Van de Mosselaer

7. Shame and the sports fan

Alfred Archer and Benjamin Matheson

8. Emotional sharing in football audiences

Gerhard Thonhauser and Michael Wetzels

9. Do you really hate Tom Brady? Pretense and emotion in Sport

Joseph G. Moore

10. Don’t stop make-believing

Nathan Wildman

11. All Caught up in the kayfabe: understanding and appreciating pro-wrestling

Lisa Jones