IDO MOVEMENT FOR CULTURE

The main task of my presentation is to initiative the discussion about contemporary position, formal and merit situation of philosophy of sport. It is interesting to answer for the following question: if we can to say, that actual we have mature, competent and independent scientific discipline or that we have to do with something like philosophical reflections on sport, which will become in the future independent philosophical discipline?
I am on the opinion, that the philosophy of sport has only initiated some process of structuralisation, of posing and solving manifold problems, of forming various viewpoints characteristic for authors of various education and different research preferences. It has also initiated building from the foundations and shaping of the methodological instruments which would be suitable for a new branch of philosophy aspiring for autonomy. The main burden of exploratory projects and realisations lies on shoulders of the philosophers in the strict sense of the word exploring various manifestations and aspects of sport.
The philosophy of sport is making for defining itself and working out its own properties and forms of research. An important opportunity for it is constituted by a co-operation with other branches of philosophy (and not only of philosophy) aimed at utilising of already worked out and tested patterns enabling the philosophy of sport to formulate its own language, coherent code, category of notions and specific detailed methodology in order to describe and explain sources, contents and senses characteristic for practical and theoretical manifestations and properties of sport. However, until this stage of forming of a new discipline is finished, we will face philosophical reflections on sport rather than the philosophy of sport.